Deng's modest widow remembered with affection

The death of Zhuo Lin, widow of the late former leader Deng Xiaoping, has brought mourners to the gate of a courtyard in Beijing's Miliangku Hutong, where Zhuo and the Deng family had lived since 1979.

Funeral wreaths extended 50 m along both sides of the hutong by midday yesterday before they were carried to the memorial service hall inside the residence, according to An Qijun, 59, who has lived in the hutong since birth.

Access to the memorial service hall was restricted to relatives and close friends of the Deng family.