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Li-Xia



October 6, 2013
She was born in Urumqi, Xinjiang, P.R. of China. She belonged to the first students that were admitted at the university after the Cultural Revolution. She got her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics in 1982 from Xinjiang University in Urumqi.

After finishing her studies, she worked on a project to build the `ZYP-1 automatic translate spectrometry system', a system which employed the first micro-computer (a Cromemco CS3A (with a Zilog Z80) with 8PIO) ever used in Xinjiang. The project won the third price in the Xinjiang Science and Technology Award of 1985. On December 21, 1984, she attended the Xinjiang Fuzzy Logics conference held in Urumqi.

In 1988 she got her Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Science and Technology China in Hefei, Anhui, P.R. China. The title of her master thesis was "Design and realization of software system in modern ICP Spectrometer".

After having worked at the Institute of Electronics, Academica Sinaca, Beijing for two years, in 1990 she went to Hong Kong to work at the University of Hong Kong. There, to her surprise, she met a woman with a Phd who was also a christian. This made her give the Christian faith some serious thoughts for the first time in her life, as she always had considered religion something for the non-educated people. This resulted in her becoming a Christian as well.

After one year she could no longer stay in Hong Kong, and made it to the U.S. of America. Only after four months she was invited to apply for a job at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. And after having waited for a visa for more than 3 months, she arrived in the Enschede, Netherlands in March 1992. She worked together with Prof. C. Hoede (see this picture).

On December 12, 1992, she started dating Frans. The first wedding she attended together with him, was the wedding of Sijbrandus and Susanne.

On October 6, 1993, she married with Frans. On their honeymoon they went to Hong Kong, Urumqi, and Beijing.

On October 14, 1994, Annabel, her first child was born in Enschede. Almost three year later, on October 7, 1997, her lovely son Andy was born.

On December 7, 2006, she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.

On February 14, 2011, she was admitted in a nursing home in Enschede.

She died on October 10, 2018. The funeral was on October 15, 2018.

Pictures of Li-Xia

Pictures taken by Li-Xia

Trips

October 9 - November 16, 1993 to Hong Kong, Urumqi, and Beijing

April 6-8, 1995 to Paris

July 27 - August 25, 1996 to Urumqi

November 24-27, 2000 to Heijen: CenterParcs "Het Heijderbos"

August 10-13, 2001 to Heijen: CenterParcs "Het Heiderbos"

February 15-18, 2002 to Heijen: CenterParcs "Het Heiderbos"

October 10-13, 2003 to CenterParcs "De Eemhof"

July 24-August 17, 2006 to Urumqi

February 26-29, 2007 to Maastricht: Van der Valk Hotel

April 30 - May 2, 2007 to Maastricht: Van der Valk Hotel

May 13-15, 2010 to Barcelona

July 12-29, 2010 to Urumqi

Family pictures

References to her in the online diary of Frans

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2018

Flights she took

Below the list of all flights Li-Xia took.
  1. Jan/Feb 1987: Urumqi - Beijing, in the B-2611.
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  3. Jan/Feb 1988: GuangZhou - Urumqi.
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  16. August 27, 1990: Urumqi - Guangzhou (Canton) flight CA977 seat 12F.
  17. 1991: Guangzhou - Urumqi.
  18. 1991: Urumqi - Guangzhou.
  19. July 29, 1991: Hong Kong - San Francisco flight SQ2 with Singapore Airlines 21:45 to 19:00 seat 42K.
  20. July 29, 1991: San Francisco - Los Angelles flight DL963 with Delta Airlines 21:00 to 22:20 seat 13A.
  21. March 4, 1992: Los Angelles - Boston flight NW42 with North West 10:35 seat 12C.
  22. March 4, 1992: Boston - Amsterdam flight NW42 with North West seat 20C.

  23. October 9, 1993: Schiphol - Kopenhagen flight SK552B with SAS in a DC-9-41, the Sote Viking, seat 14B.
  24. October 9, 1993: Kopenhagen - Hong Kong flight SK991 with SAS in a Boeing 767, the Gyda Viking, LN-RCD, seats 25H.
  25. October 15, 1993: Canton - Urumqi, Xinjiang flight XO9302 with Xinjiang Airlines in a Li-86. Departure time 14:15. Take-off at 17:24, about three hours delayed.
  26. November 6, 1993: Urumqi - Beijing flight XO9101 with Xinjiang Airlines in a TY-154m, the RA-85716. Departure time 9:15. Take-off at 9:41.
  27. November 16, 1993: Beijing - Kopenhagen flight SK996 with SAS in a Boeing 646, identification number SE-DOC, seat 23E.
  28. November 16, 1993: Kopenhagen - Schiphol with SAS in the Ottar Viking, SE-DFY.

  29. July 27, 1996: Schiphol - Beijing flight KL897 with KLM 16:00 to 07:15 seats 2J in the City of Parimaribo, a Boeing 747-400. Take-off was at 16:17.
  30. July 28, 1996: Beijing - Urumqi flight XO9102 with Xinjiang Airlines in a Li-86, B-2018. Departure time 14:40. Take-off was at 18:15, a little more than three hours delayed. Touch-down was around 22:00.
  31. August 19, 1996: Urumqi - Beijing flight XO9101 with Xinjiang Airlines in a Li-86, B-2019, seat 39E or 39F. Departure time 10:05. Take-off at 10:16, touch-down at 13:21.
  32. August 25, 1996: Beijing - Schiphol flight KL898 with KLM 9:35 to 13:40 seats 29F in the City of Parimaribo, a Boeing 747-400. Take-off at 10:20. The Pilot's name was J. de Boer (if I read the signature correctly).

  33. July 24, 2006: Schiphol - Beijing flight KL897 with KLM 17:10 to 08:35 seat 39B in the city of Karachi PH-BFK, a Boeing 747-406M. Take-off at 17:41, touch-down at 10:25.
  34. July 25, 2006: Beijing - Urumqi flight HU7145 with Hainan Airlines 13:40 to 17:45 seat 20E in the B-5139, a Boeing 737-84P. Take-off at 14:20, touch-down at 18:18.
  35. August 12, 2006: Urumqi - Beijing flight HU7246 with Hainan Airlines 12:50 to 16:15 seat 14E in the B-2492, a Boeing 767-34P/ER. Take-off at 13:20, touch-down at 16:26.
  36. August 17, 2006: Beijing - Schiphol flight KL898 with KLM 10:35 to 14:35 seat 38B in the City of Freetown, PH-BFF, a Boeing 747-406M. Take-off at 10:39, touch-down at 14:04.

  37. May 13, 2010: Dusseldorf Airport - Barcelona flight AB8936 with AirBerlin 5:50 to 8:00 seat 25E in the D-ABBO, a Boeing 737-86J. Take-off at 6:10, touch-down at 8:03.
  38. May 15, 2010: Barcelona - Dusseldorf Airport flight AB8565 with AirBerlin 20:20 to 22:35 seat 24E in the D-ALTD, a Airbus A320-214. Take-off at 20:40, touch-down at 22:28.

  39. July 12, 2010: Dusseldorf Airport - Schiphol flight CZ7786 with China Southern Air (executed by AirFrance/KLM flight KL1862) 18:25 to 19:20 seat 12D in the PH-EZF, an Embraer EMJ-190. Take-off at 18:42, touch-down at 19:11.
  40. July 12, 2010: Schiphol - Beijing flight CZ346 with China Southern Air 20:55 to 12:40 (next day) seat 20E in a Boeing 777-200. Take-off at 21:06, touch-down at 12:18 local time.
  41. July 13, 2010: Beijing - Urumqi flight CZ6908 with China Southern Air 15:45 to 19:45 seat 20B in the B-5240, a Boeing 737-71B. Take-off at 15:57, touch-down at 19:46.
  42. July 29, 2010: Urumqi - Beijing flight CZ6911 with China Southern Air 08:10 to 11:45 seat 5E in the B-2835, in a Boeing 757-236. Take-off at 8:21, touch-down at 11:33.
  43. July 29, 2010: Beijing - Schiphol flight CZ345 with China Southern Air 14:20 to 18:35 seat 41J in the B-2057, a Boeing 777-200. Take-off at 15:25, touch-down at 18:57.
  44. July 29, 2010: Schiphol - Dusseldorf Airport flight CZ7781 with China Southern Air 21:40 to 22:30 in the PH-KZH, a Fokker 70. Take-off at 21:59, touch-down at 22:26.