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www.google.com — A man died during an operation in a Chinese hospital after doctors and nurses fled during a fire, leaving him to suffocate in thick smoke, state media and officials said Friday. The 49-year-old patient had been in a traffic accident and was having an amputation in the Shanghai hospital on Wednesday when a fire broke out in one of the operating rooms, the official Xinhua news agency said.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk — The towering inferno in Shanghai sends a shiver down my spine. As a recent and reluctant convert to high-rise living the thought of a fire taking hold in 30-storey the block where I live is one of my worst fears.

www.china.org.cn — A commercial jet carrying more than 100 passengers caused a scare after landing Sunday at an airport in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, but no one was hurt, the airport authority and carrier said Monday.

www.channelnewsasia.com — China will prosecute 23 people for a blaze at its new state television headquarters that engulfed a hotel, killed a fireman and left a 24-million-dollar clean-up bill, a court official said Tuesday. An official at Beijing Number Two Intermediate Court confirmed 23 people had been charged in the incident, but said the hearings had not yet begun.

www.reuters.com — BEIJING (Reuters) - Three people set themselves on fire in the heart of downtown Beijing on Wednesday, state media said, and city police said they appeared to have come to the capital to voice "personal complaints."