2020-12-22 06:35:08 GMT2020-12-22 14:35:08(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) Ezra Vogel, professor emeritus at Harvard University and a renowned China scholar, passed away at the age of 90 on Sunday.
For many who know him from personal experience, the fluent Mandarin-speaking scholar will be remembered for his warmth, humor and generosity as well as his wisdom and insight on China, Japan and East Asia. MY FATHER LOVED CHINA AND THE CHINESE PEOPLE My father loved China and the Chinese people. His hope was always that China would forge better relations with both Japan and the United States. We in the next generations in all three countries have a lot of work to do to realize that vision, Steven Vogel, a professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, told Xinhua via email on Monday.
Ezra Vogel, Harvard scholar who bridged U.S. and East Asia, dies at 90 Harrison Smith Ezra F. Vogel, a Harvard professor who served as a bridge between East Asia and the United States, examining the rise of two superpowers Japan and China in books that drew wide acclaim on both sides of the Pacific, died Dec. 20 at a hospital in Cambridge, Mass. He was 90. The cause was complications from colon cancer surgery, said his son Steven K. Vogel, a political scientist and Japan scholar at the University of California at Berkeley. Though trained as a sociologist, Dr. Vogel drew on fields including history, psychology and anthropology, interviewing families, executives and top political officials in Japan and China. After decades in which China was largely closed off to the West, he was part of the first generation of American scholars to travel across the country, studying its society in the years after Mao Zedong’s death in 1976. In a tribute, the Foreign
One of the most prominent scholars on China and East Asia, Ezra F. Vogel, has passed away at the age of 90 on Sunday (Dec. 20) from complications after surgery.
Harvard University s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, where Vogel served as director, posted a tribute to him, saying he was a true champion of the center, an erudite scholar, and a wonderful friend .
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our former director Ezra F. Vogel (1930-2020).
Professor Vogel served as director from 1973-75 and from 1995-99. He was a true champion of our center, an erudite scholar, and a wonderful friend. He will be truly missed. pic.twitter.com/Zz5XydfEzH
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai has extended his deepest condolences to the family of Ezra Vogel, a renowned sinologist who died at the age of 90 on Sunday. So sad to learn (about) the passing of Professor Ezra Vogel. He was an outstanding scholar on China and an old friend of the Chinese people, Cui tweeted hours after the Fairbank Center of Chinese Studies at Harvard University, where Vogel served as professor emeritus, announced the news. Throughout his lifetime he was dedicated to greater mutual understanding between the Chinese and American people and made significant contributions to their friendship and China-U.S. relations, said Cui. His wisdom and insight on China have been of immeasurable value not only to people in the field of study, but also to the world.
2020-12-21 10:05:20 GMT2020-12-21 18:05:20(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) China expresses deep condolences over the passing of renowned sinologist Professor Ezra Vogel and sends sincere sympathies to his family, said a Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday.
Ezra Vogel, professor emeritus at Harvard University and a renowned China scholar, passed away at the age of 90 in a hospital in Massachusetts on Sunday. Professor Ezra Vogel was a renowned U.S. expert on China and an old friend of the Chinese people, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a press briefing, adding that Professor Vogel had made unremitting efforts to promote communication and exchanges between China and the United States, and to enhance mutual understanding between the two peoples.