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Li Zhensheng, Photographer of China’s Cultural Revolution, Dies at 79

With his camera and red arm band, he captured the dark side of Mao’s revolution at great personal risk. Many of the images were stashed under a floor, going undeveloped for years.

Yao Li, ‘Silver Voice’ of Shanghai, Dies at 96

Ms. Yao was a celebrated singer in Shanghai and Hong Kong starting in the 1930s. One of her songs appeared on the soundtrack of the film “Crazy Rich Asians.”

Li Peng, Chinese Leader Derided for Role in Tiananmen Crackdown, Dies at 90

For decades, critics called for Mr. Li, who became known as the “butcher of Beijing,” to face trial or a public reckoning for his role in the 1989 bloodshed.

Li Xueqin, Key Historian in China’s Embrace of Antiquity, Dies at 85

Mr. Li walked a fine line between scholarship and serving the Communist Party as he sought the truth about his country’s distant past.

Li Rui, a Mao Confidant Who Turned Party Critic, Dies at 101

Once one of Mao Zedong’s personal secretaries, Mr. Li became a revisionist historian and a standard-bearer for liberal values in China.

A Grieving Mother Converses With Her Dead Son in Yiyun Li’s New Novel

In “Where Reasons End,” an unnamed narrator plumbs the nature of suffering — and the limits of language — in a dialogue with the child she mourns.

Li Ao, Writer and Political Firebrand in Taiwan, Dies at 82

Known affectionately as the “madman” of Taiwan, Mr. Li vigorously defended freedom of speech and called for reunification with mainland China.

Wan Li, Who Helped China’s Farmers Emerge From Mao Era, Dies at 98

Mr. Wan, a party secretary in a rural province, instituted agricultural reforms adopted throughout China after discovering that people were starving.

Frederick P. Li, Who Proved a Genetic Cancer Link, Dies at 75

Dr. Li helped show a skeptical medical establishment that a dominant gene, passed from parent to child, was predisposing family members to various cancers.

Li Hu, AIDS Activist, Dies in Beijing

The death on Wednesday of Li Hu, a campaigner for the rights of people with H.I.V./AIDS, has drawn together a group of people in China who struggle with widespread discrimination.