Real estate firm's chief says lessons have been learned from disaster

The fatal blasts in Tianjin last week have taught real estate developers to monitor closely what is planned for areas surrounding their residential complexes, the president of China's largest real estate developer by sales value has said.

• Tianjin announces pensions for martyred firefighters' families
• Death toll rises to 161 in Tianjin Blast
• Monument to be built on Tianjin blast site

Toxic chemical cleanup underway

Death toll from blast rises to 114, with 70 missing

• President Xi calls for crews not to ease up
• Satellites focus on rescue and damage control work
• Medics had no time to lose after blast

Sodium cyanide cannot turn into toxic rain

Qu Ruijing, a senior chemical researcher, and some selected Internet users took part in a Q&A session with Xinhua.

• Questions remain unresolved about Tianjin blasts
• Questions about sodium cyanide
• 3,000 tons of dangerous chemicals stored at warehouse, confirms official

Residents want govt to buy their property

Some property owners near the Tianjin blast site expect the government to buy apartments that were damaged by Wednesday's explosions, but government officials have not made such a commitment.

• All residential buildings damaged in Tianjin blasts are safe, inspectors say
• Dead fish found near dam
• Disaster triggers rise in commodity prices

Heroes run against crowd, toward the danger

One sentence in the Newseum in Washington has stuck in my mind since a trip last summer: When you see people run against the crowd toward the danger, they are probably firefighters, police or journalists.

• Chemical team faces daunting job
• Parents bid sad goodbye to firefighters
• Introduction to Tianjin harsh for some