On Sunday morning, he was quoted as saying that the descent had gone "as planned and normal performance was observed till the altitude of 2.1 kilometers".
On May 1, 2014, Ying's son Liu Jie lost his life while fighting a fire on the 13th floor of a residential building in Shanghai's Xuhui district. Liu and a 27-year-old fellow firefighter, Qian Lingyun, were blown out of a window by a gas explosion and fell to their deaths.
On May 5, police revealed that about 41 percent of the total 8,001 people arrested for roles in unlawful protests from June through mid-April were students.
On October 21, violinist sensation Dan Zhu was the first international violinist to perform at City Hall since the reopening of cultural venues around Hong Kong after they were closed for almost an entire year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On Jan 26, to lower infection potential caused by people gathering, Dounan Flower Market shut down flora trading related to residents and tourists, only keeping up the floral wholesale business. Starting Feb 6, all stores were closed.
On Jan 27, Sina Weibo, one of the nation's most popular social media, was ordered by Beijing's internet watchdog to suspend its "hot" rankings for failing to stop the spread of illegal content.
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On July 6, the US imposed 25 percent tariffs on products worth billion from China. This week's hearings are for another billion on Chinese exports. China has responded in kind for the first billion of goods.
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.
On Oct 2, 2004, the mobile communication network was installed in the township, connecting the last of the areas largely inhabited by China's ethnic minority groups to mobile phones.
On July 27, she successfully reached the Broad Peak, making her the first Chinese woman to successfully crest 13 8,000-meter-plus mountains, all in a span of six years. Earlier this year, she climbed to the top of Nanga Parbat on July 8 and Lhotse on May 20.