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...DIED. LI SHUXIAN, 72, the last wife of China's last Emperor, Pu Yi, who abdicated from the Dragon Throne at age 6; of lung cancer; in Beijing. Li was a nurse at the hospital where Pu Yi received treatment while he was a prisoner of Mao's harsh "re-education" program. Of their marriage in 1962, Pu Yi wrote, "I and my bride...started our own little home, and this ordinary home was, to me, something extraordinary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jun. 23, 1997 | 6/23/1997 | See Source »

...almost a year, the status of Fang Lizhi has been the No. 1 impediment to improvement in U.S.-China relations. Last week the two sides settled on a deal that allowed the dissident astrophysicist and his wife Li Shuxian to leave the U.S. embassy in Beijing, where they had been trapped since the June 1989 crackdown. They headed for Cambridge, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Saving Face All Around | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

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