Senior researcher found hanged

Zhu Tiezhi, deputy editor-in-chief of Qiushi Journal, a magazine dedicated to theoretical research on the Communist Party of China, was found hanged in a garage at his workplace on Sunday, according to China.org.cn.

According to the report, Zhu didn't show up at work on Friday. He left home at 9 pm on Friday and apparently hanged himself around 1 am the next day, the report said.

Zhu, 56, who is also a popular essayist, spent 30 years at the magazine and produced more than 2,000 essays and assembled 17 collections of his writings.