Nie, an icon in the board game of weiqi, also referred as Go, passed way in Beijing at the age of 73 on Wednesday night, ...

(Yicai) Jan. 15 -- Nie Weiping, one of modern China’s most-celebrated Go masters and a household name, died in Beijing last ...

Nie, an icon of the board game weiqi, also called Go, passed away in Beijing at the age of 73 on Wednesday night, according ...

The win catapulted him to national icon status and sparked a fever for the board game across China Nie Weiping, a legendary ...

Weiqi masters and fans brave the snow on January 18, 2026 morning in Beijing to bid farewell to revered Weiqi (Go) master Nie ...

Victories against once-dominant players from Japan made Nie Weiping, who died Wednesday, a national hero, and helped spark a ...

Nie Weiping, honorary president of the Chinese Weiqi Association (CWA) and revered as the "Weiqi Sage," passed away in ...

Nie Weiping (74 years old), a 9-dan professional widely regarded as a symbolic figure in modern Chinese Go, passed away in Beijing on the 14th due to illness. The Chinese Go Association announced on ...

This article is part of Sixth Tone Voices & Opinion’s end-of-year series reviewing how China’s AI, film, game, and VR industries evolved in 2025. After last year’s breakout success in the Chinese game ...