Star journalist leaves legacy of passion, integrity

BEIJING - Li Xing, China Daily's assistant editor-in-chief and veteran columnist, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Aug 7 in Washington DC, US. She was 54.

Zhu Ling, editor-in-chief of China Daily, paying tribute to a longtime colleague, said Li "was a passionate journalist and a guiding force for many she worked with, and was totally dedicated to her job right till the very end".

Li was struck by a cerebral hemorrhage when she was covering a US-China education exchange event in Washington on Thursday.