内容摘要：The family of an artist known as The Secret Painter are hoping people will help solve a mystery surrounding two of his artworks.

The family of an artist known as The Secret Painter are hoping people will help solve a mystery surrounding two of his artworks.

Chen Jian, who did not want to use his real name, said he quickly realised that his undergraduate degree from a US college had become an obstacle.When he first came back in 2020, he interned at a state-owned bank and asked a supervisor if there was a chance to stay on.

The supervisor didn't say it outright, but Chen got the message: "Employees should have local degrees. People like me (with overseas degrees) won't even get a response."He later realised that "there really weren't any colleagues with overseas undergraduate background in the department".He went back to the US and did his master's at Johns Hopkins University, and now works at Chinese tech giant Baidu.

But despite the degree from a prestigious American university, Mr Chen does not feel he has an edge because of the stiff competition from graduates in China.What also has not helped is the suspicion around foreign graduates. Beijing has ramped up warnings of foreign spies, telling civilians to be on the lookout for suspicious figures.

In April, prominent Chinese businesswoman Dong Mingzhu told shareholders in a closed-door meeting that her company, home appliance maker Gree Electric, will "never" recruit Chinese people educated overseas "because among them are spies".

"I don't know who is and who isn't," Ms Dong said, in comments that were leaked and went viral online.Rose believes Tim and his death created a huge bond between them all.

"Tim is everywhere in the conversation and the mannerisms of Rachel, Tanya and Fiona," she says."Our connection is held together by him still."

Olive Gordon was 25 and a hairdresser from Birmingham.She had bought a last-minute ticket on Pan Am 103 and was planning on enjoying some shopping in New York in the run up to Christmas.