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//english.dbw.cn 2016-05-26 09:42:21 |
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![]() BEIJING, May 25, 2016 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Sept. 7, 2001 shows Yang Jiang (R) at Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China. Chinese playwright, author and translator Yang Jiang died at 1:10 a.m. Wednesday at the age of 105, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) told Xinhua. Born Yang Jikang in Beijing, Yang studied in Soochow University and then Tsinghua University in the 1930s. She was married to Qian Zhongshu, a household name in China for his sarcastic novel "Fortress Besieged" that depicted the lives of Chinese intellectuals in the 1930s. Qian died in 1997. (Xinhua/Wang Chengxuan) |
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Author: Source:CRI Editor:Yang Fan |