CIIC:Today's featured article/July 17, 2016

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Lao She was a writer and a pioneer of new literature in China. He was of Manchu ethnic group. Originally named Shu Qingchun, Lao She was born in Beijing on February 3, 1899. His father died on the battlefield serving the Manchu army when the allied forces of eight countries attacked Beijing. His mother, also Manchu, supported the family by washing clothes for others. Lao She graduated from the Beijing Normal School with excellence in the summer of 1918, and was offered the position of principal at Beijing No. 17 Elementary School. (More...)