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Peking opera star Li Shiji dies at 83

Xinhua, May 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Li Shiji, a famous Peking opera performer and an heiress of the "Cheng School" style of Peking opera, has died at the age of 83.

Li, a former vice president of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, passed away in Beijing on Sunday night, according to an obituary published by the China National Peking Opera Company on Monday. Endi