On Oct 12, the Ministry of Education issued a warning for kindergartens, primary schools and middle schools nationwide to avoid all commercial activities. It said the incident in Heze was "very bad in nature", and urged local authorities to draw lessons from it and take measures to prevent advertising at schools and kindergartens.
On Monday, officers fired 1,458 rounds of tear gas, 1,391 rubber bullets, 325 bean bag rounds and 265 sponge bullets to contain the situation. Six officers were injured on Monday.
On July 9, 1981, a sudden mudslide triggered by torrential rain destroyed a railway bridge over a small river. A train coming out of a tunnel that the bridge connected to failed to brake in time, and several railcars fell off the bridge. The accident claimed more than 240 lives and was the deadliest accident in China's railway history. That accident took place about only 30 kilometers from where Wednesday's accident occurred.
On Friday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo argued the virus that hit New York state did not come from China but Europe, "probably Italy", he said.
On Friday, the number of passengers on the bullet trains hit an all-time high of 80,020, meeting the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government's initial estimate of average daily ridership of 80,000 for the first time.
On Nov 20, Sichuan held a video conference on the sound development of the private economy that commended 100 private entrepreneurs and 100 private enterprises. The meeting was attended by leading Party and government officials.
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On July 17, Lord Justice Robert John Reed of England made official statements concerning the new law for Hong Kong.
On September 4, Xi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will separately chair the two rounds of discussion. Both Chinese and African leaders will exchange ideas on China-Africa relations and international and regional issues of common concern, according to Wang.
On Saturday, mourners gathered at makeshift memorials around the country.
On Thursday, Sina Corp established an office to specialize in handling online affairs relating to poverty relief. It vowed to take advantage of Sina Weibo, Chinese Twitter-like platform, to encourage users, especially those engaged in agriculture and e-commerce, introduce policies against poverty and promote related agricultural products.