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Published May 25, 2021, 3:42 PM
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday joined the international community in mourning the death of Chinese scientist Yuan Longping who is also known worldwide as the “Father of Hybrid Rice”.
“The Asian world shares China’s grief,” Locsin said in a tweet, three days after Yuan died of organ failure at the age of 91.
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) based in Los Baños, Laguna credited Yuan for his work that jumpstarted the large-scale production of hybrid rice and has been vital to the development of modern hybrid varieties.
“Today we remember and honor Prof. Yuan Longping, Father of Hybrid Rice and a stalwart pillar of rice science. His work jumpstarted the large-scale production of hybrid,” the IRRI said in a tweet.
China Arrests Three for Allegedly Insulting Dead Rice Scientist
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24 May 2021
Police in China arrested three people over the weekend for allegedly posting remarks online deemed “insulting” to late Chinese agronomist Yuan Longping, credited by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with curbing famine in the country.
“Two netizens, one in Beijing and another in North China’s Tianjin Municipality, were both found to have posted a number of insulting remarks about Yuan on Wechat [a Chinese social media platform] on Saturday [May 22], which were reported to police,” China’s state-run
Global Times reported on May 23, one day after Yuan died at age 91.
Yuan Longping’s funeral draws thousands as China mourns ‘father of hybrid rice’
Crowds gather in Changsha to pay respects to agronomist whose work developing hybrid rice boosted grain harvests to feed the country
President Xi Jinping and predecessors Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao send wreaths and telegrams, while taxis and buses in Changsha offer free rides