Li Keng

Lai Hang (1928 – 9 February 1965), also known as Henry Lai, was a Chinese actor who began his acting career at age 4. The oldest child of Japanese-born filmmaker Lai Man-wai and Canadian-born actress Lim Cho Cho, he appeared in many films with his mother in the 1930s. One of his most notable roles was in The Goddess (1934), which was voted one of the top 30 Chinese films of all time at the 2005 Hong Kong Film Awards.

Though his parents both resided in Hong Kong after the Chinese Communist Revolution, Lai Hang chose to remain in mainland China to dedicate himself to the Communist cause. He was attacked in 1963 during the Socialist Education Movement because his older sister Lai Lan lived in Taiwan with her husband Shen Chang-huan, who was a high-ranking Republic of China diplomat. His marriage also fell apart, and in 1965 Lai Hang committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree.

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