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Pop singer Chen Lin jumps to her death from Beijing apartment

Chinese websites are reporting that Chongqing-born pop star Chen Lin (陈琳) committed suicide last night by jumping from her high rise apartment in Beijing. This links to Youku's page of videos about her. Link picke... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Sun, Nov 01 2009

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