Ba Jin                        Literature's grand old man

 

Bo Yibo                      The last "immortal"

 

Bryan, Derek             The diplomat who sympathised

 

Chen Han-seng          Pioneer of Chinese social science

 

Chen Zongying          Sister veteran of the Long March

 

Harrer, Heinrich        Seven Years in Tibet

 

Hinton, William         Author of the classic  Fanshen

 

Lin Mu                       Upright official

 

Liu Binyan                 Fearless journalist

 

Lu Youqing                Much mourned cancer victim

 

Soong Mei-ling          Chiang's formidable first lady

 

Suharto                      Murderous tyrant

 

Timberlake, Percy     Pioneer of cold war trade

 

Wang Guangmei       Wearer of a fatal necklace       

 

Xiong Xianghui         Superspy in the Nationalist camp

 

Xue Muqiao               Architect of China's market economy

 

Yao Wenyuan            Polemicist of the Lilac Garden

 

Zhang Chunqiao        Gang of Four's chief ideologue

 

Zhao Ziyang               The Premier who tried and failed