After China's Cultural Revolution:
1- 20 members of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music lost their lives. There was not a single playable piano in Shanghai for violinist Issac Stern's concerts.
2- China's most famous French-Mandarin translator, Fu Lei ended his life. China's "Victor Hugo", Lao She, was either murdered or drowned himself after the Red Guards condemned him. Writer Ba Jin watched his wife die after she was denied medical treatment for cancer.
3- Millions died, and millions more were persecuted and forced to labour - including Ai Qing, Ai Weiwei's father and one of China's most famous poets.
