CCP’s ‘No. 1 Designer’ Dies; Other High Profile Party Member Artists Die 1 by 1

A vehicle decorated with traditional funeral adornments outside Dongjiao Funeral Parlor, reportedly designated to handle COVID fatalities, in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2022. Bloomberg

Since the death of former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin in November 2022 and China’s abrupt U-turn on its “zero-COVID” policy amid a growing outbreak, a number of senior CCP members have passed away successively. Four painters with close ties to the communist party from China’s top arts academy all passed away with in six days.

Zhou Lingzhao

Zhou Lingzhao, a famous Chinese painter, designer, and professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, died in Beijing on Jan. 3 at the age of 104.

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