Nora Sun dies after Taiwan crash
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January 31, 2011, Monday
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NORA Sun, a granddaughter of the founder of Asia's first republic in China, has died from injuries sustained in a car accident. She was 72.
Sun died on Saturday afternoon at the Shin Kong Memorial Hospital in Taipei.
Sun, 72, was severely injured in a car crash while on her way to Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei on January 1. She was in a stable condition after several operations, but her condition abruptly deteriorated on Saturday afternoon, the hospital said.
Sun is the youngest daughter of Sun Fo, son of Sun Yat-sen, who led a revolution to topple the Qing Dynasty and establish the Republic of China.
She was born in Shanghai in 1938, spent her youth in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and moved to the United States in 1962.
She began a career in the US diplomatic service in the late 1980s, serving as a US trade consul at different times in Ghougzhou, Shanghai and Paris.
She quit her diplomatic career in 1994 to start her own trade company in Hong Kong, helping US and European companies invest in China. In recent years, she split her time between Shanghai, Hong Kong and the US.
She had been in Taiwan for the centennial celebrations of the 1911 revolution led by her grandfather when the head-on accident happened.
Sun had planned to return to Hong Kong on January 1.
Sun's car was being driven by a friend. The driver of the other car died instantly.
She is survived by three sons.
Sun died on Saturday afternoon at the Shin Kong Memorial Hospital in Taipei.
Sun, 72, was severely injured in a car crash while on her way to Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei on January 1. She was in a stable condition after several operations, but her condition abruptly deteriorated on Saturday afternoon, the hospital said.
Sun is the youngest daughter of Sun Fo, son of Sun Yat-sen, who led a revolution to topple the Qing Dynasty and establish the Republic of China.
She was born in Shanghai in 1938, spent her youth in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and moved to the United States in 1962.
She began a career in the US diplomatic service in the late 1980s, serving as a US trade consul at different times in Ghougzhou, Shanghai and Paris.
She quit her diplomatic career in 1994 to start her own trade company in Hong Kong, helping US and European companies invest in China. In recent years, she split her time between Shanghai, Hong Kong and the US.
She had been in Taiwan for the centennial celebrations of the 1911 revolution led by her grandfather when the head-on accident happened.
Sun had planned to return to Hong Kong on January 1.
Sun's car was being driven by a friend. The driver of the other car died instantly.
She is survived by three sons.
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