I was shocked and deeply saddened by the passing away of Huang Xiaoyang, a novelist friend of mine in China. He is also the editor of my first and only novel, Taojin di (《淘金地》)that was officially published in China in 2014. Following is a news item in Chinese on him: https://new.qq.com/omn/20201228/20201228A0OW2A00.html 孝阳,一路走好!