Hu Xin, former editor-in-chief of News Front, fell to his death from the building of C

(Comprehensive news from Hong Kong) Hu Xin, the former editor-in-chief of News Front, a magazine under the Chinese official media People’s Daily, reportedly jumped to his death from the 19th floor of the newspaper the day before yesterday afternoon (6th) at the age of 66, but this news has not yet been officially confirmed.Some Chinese media pointed out that she was suspected of suffering from depression during her lifetime.

Based on Hong Kong 01, Dongwang and other reports, the news of Hu Xin's death from falling from a building was first circulated on Weibo the day before yesterday.It was reported that she was already dead when the ambulance arrived at the scene, but related posts were later deleted.

It is understood that the News Front and the People's Daily share the building of the newspaper office, and the No. 36 building of the newspaper office where Hu Xin was found to have fallen to his death belongs to the family area of the People's Daily newspaper office.

A netizen who claimed to be a colleague of Hu Xin disclosed that he ran into Hu at the health center of the newspaper office a few days ago. Seeing her haggard face, he asked her how she was doing. She said she had insomnia and could not sleep.

Chinese media Zongxiang News quoted a number of people inside the People's Daily newspaper as saying that the news of Hu Xin falling from the building is true.

According to public information, Hu Xin, born in 1952, graduated from the Philosophy Department of Peking University with a master's degree.She joined the People's Daily in 1990 and served as the editor-in-chief of the People's Forum Magazine and a member of the Theory Department. In 2008, she was transferred to the editor-in-chief of the newspaper's News Front magazine. She led the team and won many awards from the Chinese government.

Articles handled by Hu Xin have also been reprinted by American media such as the New York Times and Washington Post.

Before her, the People's Daily committed suicide by jumping off a building in August 2012. Xu Huaiqian, editor-in-chief of the newspaper's Dadi Supplement, committed suicide at that time.

Recently, news of officials committing suicide due to depression has spread from time to time in Chinese official circles, including Zheng Xiaosong, director of the Liaison Office of the Central Government in Macau (the Liaison Office of the Central Government), and Li Zhibin, deputy director of the Public Security Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.