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Obituary: Wang Shoudao

Sunday 15 September 1996 23:02 BST
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Wang Shoudao, politician, died Peking 13 September, aged 91. Revolutionary associate of Mao Tse-tung, whom he joined on the Long March in 1934. Mao's Vice-Minister and then Minister of Communications, 1952-64.

Wing Commander Clive Beadon, wartime bomber pilot, died Windsor 14 September, aged 77. Won the DFC for action over Burma, 1944.

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