TIL Chen Mengjia, who opposed the Communist government's proposal to simplify Chinese characters. During the Anti-Rightist Movement, he was labeled a Rightist and sent to a labor camp. In 1966, at the start of the Cultural Revolution, he faced severe persecution again and committed suicide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Mengjia
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