The number
China Daily | Updated: 2014-09-02 07:37
7,000 people
had offered their condolences as of Monday on the cultural community website Douban and on Sina Weibo to Sun Zhongxu, the Chinese translator of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye and George Orwell's 1984, who committed suicide on Thursday after he sought treatment for depression in Guangdong province. Some said it's a real shame that they've forever lost a valuable tutor and friend in the world of words.
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