Chinese Families Mourn Stampede Victims on Symbolic 7th Day

Mourners returned to the site of a New Year's Eve stampede in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, marking seven days since the tragedy, the height of the Chinese mourning period. Government chaperones accompanied family members of the 36 stampede victims to the site, where each small group was allowed to remain briefly before being escorted away.  Some visitors, wailing in grief, resisted being led away. Some family members complain the government has not been responsive to their...

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