Ulitzer95 12,703 Posted December 30, 2022 27 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said: tomorrow doesn't count ? Of course, but the deaths seem to have dried up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,055 Posted December 30, 2022 Just now, Ulitzer95 said: Of course, but the deaths seem to have dried up. Calm before the storm ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,703 Posted December 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said: Calm before the storm ? Optimist! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,782 Posted December 31, 2022 4 hours ago, arghton said: Colonel Wang Xinlan, Long March veteran, politician and widow of Colonel General Xiao Hua dead at 98. Lots of sources saying Wang Xinlan was likely a COVID death and there's an image of someone that seems to be her, bedbound connected to oxygen in one article talking about the Chinese covid casualties. Apparently there's twice the amount of veterans of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) dying in China now than usual and I'm almost willing to bet a few more Long March veterans will die in January. Actually I'd be very suprised if none died. There's an estimated 40 of them, average age around 101/102. Around a third of them either live in rural areas, aren't famous for anything else or have chosen not to be military propaganda faces and not a lot of news about those people exist, but they're included in lists made by Chinese media so I assume they'll still get lots of Chinese obituaries when they die. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted December 31, 2022 #19: Yu Dequan, aged 92. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted December 31, 2022 #20 and likely the last: Wang Foson, dead at 89. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted January 1, 2023 #21 and actual last of 2022: Jiang Long, one day before his 90th birthday. #1 of 2023: Fan Weitang, aged 87. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted January 3, 2023 #2: Zhao Qiguo, aged 92. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted January 4, 2023 Article in the financial times about the Chinese deaths, also when they are talking about internet sleuths I wonder if they mean this thread. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted January 4, 2023 #3 and #4: Xu Wei and Wu Sheng, dead at 85 and 88 respectively. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,193 Posted January 5, 2023 #5: Ge Xiurun dead at 88. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,994 Posted January 6, 2023 Too many famous chinese people have been dying recently: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/06/china-covid-wave-of-celebrity-deaths-sparks-concern-over-actual-death-toll Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,703 Posted January 6, 2023 4 hours ago, gcreptile said: Too many famous chinese people have been dying recently: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/06/china-covid-wave-of-celebrity-deaths-sparks-concern-over-actual-death-toll China have recorded only 22 COVID deaths since December. That would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted January 7, 2023 #6: Yang Fuyu, dead at 95. This actually a more prominent death and is getting more coverage. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted January 8, 2023 #7: Lu Xiyan, aged 94. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 610 Posted January 8, 2023 25 minutes ago, drol said: #7: Lu Xiyan, aged 94. It says aged 95 in the article Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chel 376 Posted January 8, 2023 An old Soviet joke. Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon watching the parade in Red Square. - If I had Soviet tanks, I would be invincible! - says Alexander the Great. - If I had Soviet planes, I'd conquer the whole world! - exclaims Caesar. - If I had a newspaper "Pravda" (Truth) the world would never have known about Waterloo! - Napoleon grinned sadly. By the number of deaths among famous people we can indirectly judge the catastrophic situation at the lower levels and the lies of official statistics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted January 9, 2023 #8: Zhang Jinlin, aged 86. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 12, 2023 Peter Falk has never caught COVID. He must be doing something right. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,029 Posted January 13, 2023 #9: Mao Zhi, aged 90. But the big wave seems to have ended anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,343 Posted January 13, 2023 On 12/01/2023 at 02:05, Sir Creep said: Peter Falk has never caught COVID. He must be doing something right. He forgot to contract it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted January 14, 2023 That's a bit more realistic in terms of actual numbers from China 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,374 Posted January 18, 2023 Proud Boys co-founder Aaron Laigaie, who: 1) declared COVID was over and 2) asserted it was a problem for the elderly has now 3) died from the coronavirus. https://www.fox3now.com/mt-baker-proud-boy-leading-member-aaron-laigaie-died-form-covid/ 2 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,782 Posted January 19, 2023 #10?: Liang Jincai (wikidata) is dead at 95 on Wikipedia's database reports but not on Chinese wikipedia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,703 Posted January 20, 2023 12 hours ago, arghton said: #10?: Liang Jincai (wikidata) is dead at 95 on Wikipedia's database reports but not on Chinese wikipedia. Confirmed. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
