Xia Lu obituary

My friend Xia Lu, who has died aged 61 of cancer, was an architect who since 1990 had been based in Liverpool. Earlier in her career, she was responsible for the design of a KFC facing Tiananmen Square in Beijing. It was the first western-style fast food restaurant in China, and its opening in 1987 generated worldwide publicity. Xia Lu also designed other major buildings, including a street market shopping mall in Beijing and a theatre.In Liverpool, Xia Lu became an accomplished teacher of the C