page_title: Fang Chih
section_title: Death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Fang Chih / Death and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: The memorial to Fang Chi at Okinawa.
context_page_description: Fang Chih or Fang Zhi, courtesy name: Xikong, was a politician, provincial governor, diplomat, author and a high-ranking Kuomintang official of the Republic of China.
context_section_description: Fang Chih died of natural causes on 28 March 1989 in Taipei, Taiwan Province, Republic of China at the age of 94.
  A memorial and mausoleum was built in his honor on Okinawa island complete with a statue bust and information on his accomplishments in Okinawa where he is remembered for his efforts to develop the post-World War II  economy and for his influence in opening the island to trade with the Republic of China given the two islands' shared history of Japanese and Chinese influences. The phrases "Friend of the Ryukyuan people", "I love China" and "I love Ryukyu" are engraved on the right and left sides of the statue respectively as a tribute to his connection with the people of the island and the people of Japan despite the turbulent political atmosphere of his times.
  The tomb is located on Onna Hill facing the East China Sea on the outskirts of Onna Village in the Kunigami District near Naha, Okinawa Prefecture.
caption: The memorial to Fang Chi at Onna, Okinawa Prefecture.
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