And the people of Shanghai rang in the New Year with tragedy.
At least three dozen people, who had gone to the Bund waterfront district of the city
to celebrate the coming of 2015,... were killed in a stampede just before midnight,... many
of them students,... while dozens of others were injured.
Witnesses and state media say the accident was likely triggered by people rushing to
pick up fake money...
that had been thrown from a nearby building.
Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered the Shanghai government to determine what caused the tragedy
as soon as possible,... and called on others around the country to make sure a similar
disaster doesn′t happen again.