![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Predictably, state censors also leapt into action. Such officially sanctioned national mourning was especially significant given that Yuan-famously not a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) member-had been a vocal critic of past CCP mistakes such as the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward. Chinese President Xi Jinping sent his condolences to Yuan’s family, and the state news agency Xinhua ran a rare weekend commentary to honor his passing-actions more usually suited to the deaths of former political leaders, not scientists ( Hunan Daily, May 23 South China Morning Post, May 23). The Chinese agronomist and “Father of Hybrid Rice” Yuan Longping (袁隆平) passed away on May 22.
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