In the first half of December, China lost at least 4 academicians and 19 renowned scholars, including Tang Xiaoou, a billionaire behind Chinese AI giant SenseTime, a U.S.-sanctioned company for providing facial-recognition technology for Beijing’s oppression of Uyghur Muslims.
Mr. Tang died suddenly in Shanghai on the evening of Dec. 15, 2023. He is only 55 years old.
