Complex sentence: In 1951, Lao She introduced Xin Fengxia to the famous playwright Wu Zuguang, who, like many intellectuals at the time, held high hopes for the new People's Republic and had returned to China from British Hong Kong.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1951, Lao She introduced Xin Fengxia to the famous playwright Wu Zuguang. Like many intellectuals at the time, Wu held high hopes for the new People's Republic and returned to China from British Hong Kong.