??? Famed Chinese film director Xie Jin died early on Saturday at 84 in the eastern Zhejiang Province.

??? A hotel waiter in Shangyu City found Xie in his room at around 7:40 a.m. and discovered he had stopped breathing, according to the publicity department of the city's Communist Party committee.

??? The cause of death remained unclear.

??? Born in November 1923, he was a native of Shangyu in Zhejiang. He arrived in the city on Friday evening to attend the 100th anniversary of the founding of his alma mater -- Chunhui Middle School.


??? Xie, who made his film directing debut in 1957 with the acclaimed "Woman Basketball Player No. 5," went on to create other popular features such as "The Red Detachment of Women," "The Herdsman," "Legend of Tianyun Mountain," "The Opium War" and "Hibiscus Town." He was active in directing until 2001 with his last film "Woman Soccer Player No. 9."

??? Three times his films won the Golden Rooster, a top award in the Chinese film industry.

??? A Communist Party member, Xie once served the country's top political advisory body.

??? １８日中午從浙江上虞市委宣傳部獲悉，著名導演謝晉于１８日凌晨去世。

??? 謝晉是１７日傍晚抵達上虞參加其母校上虞市春暉中學建校１００周年慶典的。１８日早上７點４０分左右，謝晉下榻的酒店服務員發(fā)現(xiàn)，謝晉已經(jīng)停止呼吸。

??? 謝晉是中國著名導演，生于１９２３年，浙江上虞市人，主要代表作有《女籃５號》、《紅色娘子軍》、《牧馬人》、《天云山傳奇》、《鴉片戰(zhàn)爭》、《芙蓉鎮(zhèn)》等。

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