Long List of Obituaries at Peking University as COVID Wreaks Havoc in China

Long List of Obituaries at Peking University as COVID Wreaks Havoc in China
Visitors take an oath in front of a communist flag (not seen) at the entrance of Peking University's Red Building, in Beijing, on June 30, 2021. Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images
Jessica Mao
Olivia Li
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Dozens of Chinese experts and scholars have died in the recent outbreak of COVID-19. On Dec. 22 alone, three obituaries were released by Peking University, a university renowned for its “important and unique contribution” to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

In fact, it was through the unusually frequent obituaries released by Peking University and Tsinghua University that many Chinese people came to realize the severity of the current outbreak.

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