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Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi dies

Fang Lizhi, one of China's best-known dissidents, whose speeches inspired student protesters throughout the 1980s, has died at age 76 in the United States, where he fled after China's 1989 military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. Once China's leading astrophysicist, Fang and his wife hid in the U.S. Embassy for 13 months after the crackdown. In exile, he was a physics professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Fang's wife confirmed in Beijing that Fang died in Tucson on April 6. (AP)

Shukan ST: APRIL 20, 2012

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World News Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi dies Fang Lizhi, one of China's best-known dissidents, whose speeches inspired student protesters throughout the 1980s, has died at age 76 in the United States, where he fled after China's 1989 military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. Once China's leading astrophysicist, Fang and his wife hid in the U.S. Embassy for 13 months after the crackdown. In exile, he was a physics professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Fang's wife confirmed in Beijing that Fang died in Tucson on April 6. (AP) Shukan ST: APRIL 20, 2012 (C) All rights reserved