Marie-Claire Qiuquemelle, who published the first essay in English about Chinese animation in 1991, passed away at the age of 87 in Paris on October 28, 2024. 

Please read her essay here:

Marie-Claire Qiuquemelle, “The Wan Brothers and Sixty Years of Animated Film in China,” in Perspectives on Chinese Cinema, ed. Chris Berry (London: British Film Institute, 1991), 175-186.