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"Most Lovable" Chinese Writer, Wei Wei, Passes Away at Age 88

Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 11:28PM
 Posted by Registered CommenterJulie-Ann

Known for the 1950 coverage of the Korean War, the self-taught Chinese writer is best known for "Who is the Most Lovable". A eulogy of those involved in the Korean War, he writes of heroism and the revolutionary spirit of the Chinese People's Volunteer. Influencing generations of Chinese people, the phrase from the book, "The Most Lovable", is used to address all Chinese soldiers.

Passing away from liver cancer, Wei Wei was born in 1920—becoming a member of the Communist Party of China in 1938. Born to a poor family in Zhengzhou, he joined the Eighth Route Army at the outbreak of the War of Resistance which was against Japan in 1937.

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