ch'ien died on august 30, 1990, a little less than three months after being forced to move out of sushulou. many of ch'ien's supporters condemned the practice chen and chou of using ch'ien for scoring political points against the kuomintang. both chen and chou have since apologized for the damages of their accusations towards ch'ien, and sushulou is now the location of the ch'ien mu memorial.