Dong Yuyu was a longtime writer and editor at a top Chinese Communist Party newspaper who had frequently met with foreign diplomats and journalists.
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How to Have a Happier New Year
Develop stronger relationships in 2023.
Who Is Dina Boluarte, Peru’s New and First Woman President?
Ms. Boluarte, the country’s first woman president, ascended to power suddenly, after her predecessor was arrested. She takes office as corruption and discontent test democracies across Latin America.
New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern Tests Positive for Coronavirus
The prime minister’s rules kept transmission at bay for two years, and by the time the highly infectious Omicron variant hit, the vast majority of New Zealand’s population had been vaccinated.
Amid U.S.-China Chill, Harvard Moves a Top Language Program to Taiwan
A university spokesman said the move out of Beijing had long been planned. The program’s director cited a perceived lack of friendliness from the host institution.
Another Class of Covid Faces Curtailed Commencements
Many universities stipulate that to participate in graduation, students must test negative for the coronavirus beforehand and have a record of adhering to campus restrictions.
Bernard Lown, Inventive Heart Doctor and Antiwar Activist, Dies at 99
He created the first effective heart defibrillator and co-founded a physicians group that campaigned against nuclear war, earning a Nobel Peace Prize.
Ezra F. Vogel, Eminent Scholar of China and Japan, Dies at 90
A longtime scholar at Harvard, Professor Vogel wrote books that helped shape how the world viewed the two ascendant economic powers.
Daily Coronavirus Testing at Home? Many Experts Are Skeptical
The buzzy idea is impractical, critics said. And there isn’t yet real-world data to show it will work.
A Woman May Have Been Cured of H.I.V. Without Medical Treatment
In dozens of other patients who suppress the virus without drugs, it seems to have been cornered in parts of the genome where it cannot reproduce, scientists reported.