Culture

Yang Jiang

Yang Jiang: A woman's legacy through words

[2016-05-26 13:43]

Chinese writer Yang Jiang died at the age of 104 on Wednesday. Throughout her life, she penned 18 prose works, 9 novels, 3 plays, 3 essay collections and 4 Chinese translations of classic novels.

Outpouring of tributes at Yang Jiang's death

[2016-05-26 11:00]

WeChat and Weibo were flooded with tributes to the celebrated Chinese writer Yang Jiang who died at 105 in Beijing on May 25. Many people expressed their condolences about the death of Yang by posting Yang's photos and quotations on the internet.

A family besieged now beloved

[2016-05-26 10:07]

Two individuals, each with a strong spirit but vulnerable heart, encountered each other, married and gave birth to a daughter. In their 60 years together the small family of three members went through war, political turmoil and illness in their repeated returns, but all the while they were always there for each other.

Tsinghua lights candles in memory of alumna and celebrated writer Yang Jiang

[2016-05-26 07:54]

Tsinghua lights candles in memory of alumna and celebrated writer Yang Jiang

Renowned writer Yang Jiang dies at age 104

[2016-05-26 04:14]

Chinese writer and translator Yang Jiang died early on Wednesday in Beijing at age 104.

Celebrated Chinese writer Yang Jiang dies

[2016-05-25 15:02]

Famous Chinese writer, literary translator and foreign literature researcher Yang Jiang died at the age of 105 in Beijing Wednesday.

Renowned author Qian Zhongshu's widow claims court victory

[2013-06-05 13:27]

The widow of the well-known Chinese author Qian Zhongshu registered a "temporary victory" on Monday in her fight to prevent Qian's private letters from being sold at auction.

Literary couple's letters off auction amid protest

[2013-06-04 11:05]

A Beijing auction house announced that it would scrap the auction of letters by a late Chinese writer and his widow upon protest of privacy infringement.

Late writer's widow protests auction of letters

[2013-05-25 01:39]

A collection of letters and manuscripts that reveal extensive life details and literary views of renowned writer Qian Zhongshu will go under the hammer in June.

At the margins of life

[2011-07-22 08:02]

Writer Yang Jiang spent her centennial birthday on July 17 with self-effacing modesty.

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