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Along with Wang, New York City residents Yuan Li, 26, and his girlfriend, Zhenying Gu, 26, died in the accident, which occurred at 1:20 p.m. The driver, Yanming Fang, 28, and another passenger, Harvard alum Wentao Mo ’05, 25, both of New York City, were taken to Albany Medical Center and St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, according to a statement from the State Police...
Some years later, after going on to attend different schools, they met again. Both were assigned to Weld Hall as first-years, and this time, Ms. Gu, now 23 and an economics concentrator in Dunster House, fixed her eye firmly on her middle school acquaintance. Ms. Gu struck up a close friendship with Mr. Zhang during the hustle and bustle of Opening Days...
...that first date, they walked ’round and ’round Harvard Square for hours. Conversation was easy: as Mr. Zhang says, “we really have language and experience to share.” They talked about the sometimes difficult transition from what Ms. Gu describes as the “homogenous Chinese society to the diverse Western society” and enjoyed conversing with each other in a mixture of English, Mandarin, and Shanghai dialect...
...Both of us plan for life and do look forward,” says Mr. Zhang. “We weren’t just dating for the sake of dating.” Although they had discussed marriage “on and off,” Ms. Gu says the proposal this past Valentine’s Day came as a “complete surprise.” The couple were so close by then that Mr. Zhang had to fib about his ring-purchasing expedition. He told Ms. Gu that he was “studying...
Following graduation, both will join financial firms in New York City: Mr. Zhang at D.E. Shaw and Ms. Gu at Morgan Stanley. “I would never have gotten into the finance field without Beidi,” Mr. Zhang says. “It’s very special to have this relationship in addition to all the excitement of college, and then to be in the same industry afterwards.” Ms. Gu is also counting her blessings. “What are the chances of going to the same middle school [in China] and then...