Mao's ex-security chief dies at age 100

A former senior official of the Communist Party of China, Wang Dongxing, died at age 100 early on Friday, said the General Office of the Party's Central Committee.

Wang, who was in charge of Chairman Mao Zedong's security for years, died at 5:28 am in Beijing.

He was praised as "an excellent CPC member, time-tested loyal Communist fighter and proletarian revolutionist", the statement from the General Office said.