Outpouring of grief for Chinese victim
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April 18, 2013, Thursday
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SHE was a food fan, eager for culinary discoveries. In her last microblog update the morning before the Boston Marathon blasts, the Chinese graduate student identified as the attack's third victim posted a photo of bread and fruit.
"My wonderful breakfast," Boston University statistics student Lu Lingzi wrote.
She often shared photos of her home-cooked meals on her Chinese microblog account.
In September, she showed off her first two-dish meal - stir-fried broccoli and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a favorite with Chinese students learning how to live on their own.
Chinese officials said one of their nationals died in Monday's attack, but authorities in China and the US have not released a name, in accordance with the wishes of the victim's parents. However, media and friends identified the victim as Lu Lingzi from the northeastern city of Shenyang.
An editor at the Shenyang Evening News said Lu's father confirmed her death.
There has been an outpouring of comments and condolences from friends and strangers, both on Lu's Sina Weibo account - with nearly 20,000 comments as of yesterday - and on their own. A former neighbor, Zhang Xinbo, wrote: "I saw her grow up, and a few scenes from the past are flashing through my mind. Now, she's becoming a girl, a bit Westernized, but a loud bang has changed everything."
Another Boston University student, Zhou Danling, who is from Chengdu in southwest China, was seriously injured but is in stable condition.
Many online comments reflected a growing awareness that the burgeoning number of Chinese students studying in the US and elsewhere in recent years had opened them up to dangers ranging from street crime to terrorist attacks.
"Nearly 12 years after September 11, more and more people have realized terrorists are the global enemy. They not only attack Americans but also Chinese," blogger Li Chengpeng wrote.
Chinese are the largest contingent of foreign students at US colleges and universities. Last year, nearly 200,000 Chinese were enrolled in US institutions of higher education.
"My wonderful breakfast," Boston University statistics student Lu Lingzi wrote.
She often shared photos of her home-cooked meals on her Chinese microblog account.
In September, she showed off her first two-dish meal - stir-fried broccoli and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a favorite with Chinese students learning how to live on their own.
Chinese officials said one of their nationals died in Monday's attack, but authorities in China and the US have not released a name, in accordance with the wishes of the victim's parents. However, media and friends identified the victim as Lu Lingzi from the northeastern city of Shenyang.
An editor at the Shenyang Evening News said Lu's father confirmed her death.
There has been an outpouring of comments and condolences from friends and strangers, both on Lu's Sina Weibo account - with nearly 20,000 comments as of yesterday - and on their own. A former neighbor, Zhang Xinbo, wrote: "I saw her grow up, and a few scenes from the past are flashing through my mind. Now, she's becoming a girl, a bit Westernized, but a loud bang has changed everything."
Another Boston University student, Zhou Danling, who is from Chengdu in southwest China, was seriously injured but is in stable condition.
Many online comments reflected a growing awareness that the burgeoning number of Chinese students studying in the US and elsewhere in recent years had opened them up to dangers ranging from street crime to terrorist attacks.
"Nearly 12 years after September 11, more and more people have realized terrorists are the global enemy. They not only attack Americans but also Chinese," blogger Li Chengpeng wrote.
Chinese are the largest contingent of foreign students at US colleges and universities. Last year, nearly 200,000 Chinese were enrolled in US institutions of higher education.
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