China News Service, December 21. On the 20th local time, the Fairbank Center for China Studies at Harvard University in the United States posted on social networking sites that Fu Gaoyi, a well-known expert on China issues and professor emeritus at Harvard University, has passed away at the age of 90.
Image source: Screenshot of the social account of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University
The news stated: "We announce the death of the former director Fu Gaoyi with grief. During 1973-1975 and 1995-1999, Professor Fu Gaoyi served as the director of the center. He is the true guardian of our center, an erudite scholar, A very good friend, we will miss him deeply."
Fu Gaoyi was born in July 1930, former director of Fairbank East Asia Center, sociologist, sinology scholar, and a well-known American expert on China.
He is fluent in Chinese and Japanese.
Author of "Deng Xiaoping Times", "Japan's New Middle Class" and other books.