Wu Renbao, the retired Communist Party of China (CPC) chief of Huaxi Village in east China’s Jiangsu Province, died of cancer on Monday afternoon. Wu, 85, died at 6:58 p.m. at his home in the village. With annual sales revenue of more than 50 billion yuan (about 7.93 million U.S. dollars), Huaxi Village is one […]
Mrs.Guo Qinglan (郭庆兰), wife of Indian doctor Dwarkanath S. Kotni (柯棣华), died in Dalian at age 96. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei expressed deep sorrow and condolences to her family and relatives of Dr. Dwarkanath S. Kotni. Dr.Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis was one of five Indian physicians dispatched to China to provide medical assistance during […]
Famous performance artist Chen Qiang passed away in Beijing Anzhen Hospital on the evening of June 26, he was 94. Chen Qiang was born in 1918, formerly known as Chen Qingsan (陈庆三). In his early childhood his family was very poor, he fled with his parents to Taiyuan. He joined the Taiyuan Youth Theater in […]
Yang Xiaoqiang (杨小强), a 20-year sportsman of national paragliding team died in training on June 4th. The accident happened at 13:00 in the training base of Fuyang city when Mr.Yang dived from the height of 100 metres. Mr.Yang was born in Yidu, Hubei. He won silver medal in the 6th World Paragliding Accuracy Championship in […]
Ya Weilin (轧伟林), a father of 6.4 victim hanged himself on May 24th, 10 days before the 23rd anniversary of June Fourth Incident. He was 73. Mr.Ya’s wife said his husband recently had dreams of the dead son, he felt endless pain and wrote a suicide note. Mr.Ya’s son Ya Aiguo (轧爱国) was shot in […]
Zhao Peng (赵鹏), a teacher in charge of graduating class committed suicide on April 27th by taking poison, he was under 30 years. Born in 1982, Mr.Zhao worked in County Guantao (馆陶), Hebei province. He left a suicide note saying he was too tired to live, the endless workload came every day while he can’t […]
Former Vice President of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Chinese astrophysicist Fang Lizhi, died in Arizona on April 6 at the age of 76. Professor Fang Lizhi (方励之) was a well-known astrophysicist and pro-democracy activist. He was expelled from the Communist Party of China […]
Actress Bo Han died of cancer on February 19th at the age of 56. In accordance with her wishes, her body has been donated to science without a funeral. Bo Han gained acclaim from her role as a mother on “A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era,” a TV comedy drama in 2010, and she won Best Actress […]
Jorge Semprun has died in Paris on Tuesday, as reported by sources close to the family. He was 87.
Zong Fengming, the author of “Zhao Ziyang: captive conversations” (ISBN 9627934216 9789627934219) died at 1:30 last Thursday, he was 89 years old. The farewell ceremony was held last Saturday in Peking University Third Hospital (PUTH). Over 100 people attended the ceremony. Zong’s family refused the interview upon his wish. Zong was the close friend of […]