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China's old friend, Epi, dies
Veteran journalist and writer Israel Epstein-described as a true old friend of the Chinese people-died in Beijing at the age of 90, it was announced last night. He passed away on May 26, family members said. On April 17, President Hu Jintao paid a special visit to Israel Epstein-Epi for short-who interviewed Chairman Mao Zedong in the 1930s when working for a US news organizations, to extend greetings on the eve of his 90th birthday. President Hu praised Epstein for the "outstanding contributions" he made to China's progress and his "sincere affection for China and the Chinese people." In the past several decades, the journalist witnessed all the phases of China's revolution, construction and reform under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Born to a Jewish family on April 20, 1915, Epstein came to China with his parents at the age of two. "I grew up in China," he told China Daily in a 2003 interview. He began to work for China's revolution in 1933 and became a Chinese citizen in 1957. The noted journalist and writer once served as editor-in-chief of China Reconstructs (China Today) magazine. Since 1983, he has been an elected member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the top advisory body in China. His major books include "From Opium War to Liberation," "The People's War," and "The Unfinished Revolution in China."
(China Daily 06/01/2005 page1) |
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