Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), a Chinese military university, released 19 obituaries from late December to early January, including an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, amid a recent surge in COVID-19 infections sweeping across China.
From Dec. 24, 2022, to Jan. 5, 2023, 14 professors, two associate professors, two Communist Party branch heads, and one senior engineer at HIT passed away, according to the university’s official website.
Chinese media reported that they all died from “illness” and did not provide further information.
Wang Zhongqi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and expert in turbomachinery aerodynamics, died of illness on Dec. 25 at the age of 90. Wang studied at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute from 1960 to 1962, and received an associate doctorate in science and technology from the institute….