On March 8, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines jet fl ying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing lost contact with air traffic control over the South China Sea. The aircraft was carrying 239 people, including 154 Chinese passengers. Search operations, in the Indian Ocean area southwest of Perth, Australia, found no trace of the aircraft.

YAO JIANFENG From Shanghai. He worked as an art designer at a local newspaper in Xinjiang. His traditional Chinese paintings were mainly about birds and flowers.