Xu Aizhen, a veteran of the Chinese People’s Volunteers who served in communications during the Korean War, died of illness on November 11, 2026, at age 94, The Paper reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
According to publicly available biographical information cited by The Paper, Xu was born in November 1932 in Fengcheng, Jiangxi province. She joined the military in November 1950 and studied at the People’s Liberation Army’s Fourth Communications School in Wuhan. In November 1952, she led 15 classmates on a 17-day journey to Korea, where they reported to the Volunteers’ headquarters communications department.
Xu initially repaired communications equipment at a headquarters receiving station. The account says she resolved a frequency-drift fault in a Model 7512 receiver amid frequent air raids. She later worked as a technician with the 20th Army Group’s communications department. After returning from Korea, she held technical posts at several institutions and factories before retiring in 1985.
Xu was among 12 Volunteers veterans acknowledged in the closing credits of the film 志愿军：浴血和平, released in September 2025.
