>>3943456He lived in China.
“I love China and I like shooting Chinese people. I was born here and I feel a big connection with my hometown. True, I’m restricted here, but the more I’m limited by my country, the more I want my country to take me in and accept me for who I am and what I do.”
He also literally kept a depression diary if you are interested:
https://www.guernicamag.com/the-last-ten-entries-of-ren-hangs-depression-diary/