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Sidney Shapiro, then 84, looks through the window of his apartment in an ancient courtyard house in central Beijing in this September 13, 1999 file picture. Shapiro, a famed US-born translator who was one of the few Westerners to gain Chinese citizenship

U.S.-Born Chinese Author Sidney Shapiro Dies at Age 98

Sidney Shapiro, an American born translator who gained fame and glory in China, died at Beijing last weekend at age 98, according to his granddaughter Stella Guo.

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