A correspondent for Reuters, he became a global symbol of China’s isolation and of the anti-foreigner hysteria spawned by its Cultural Revolution.

A political survivor during his country’s shift from brutal communist regime to flawed democracy, he served three stints as prime minister.

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Her haunting work focused on the lingering traces of conflict in places like Bosnia and Sierra Leone, after the firing had stopped.

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In the wake of a revolution, he helped found a leading political party and tried to conciliate warring left and right factions, although his success was limited.

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