Chinese sources now say that Yutu was not dead but just sleeping or pining for the lunar fjords :
- China’s lunar rover “wakes up”: spokesman – Xinhua
- China’s Jade Rabbit moon rover showing signs of life – New Scientist
China’s moon rover Yutu is awake after its troubled dormancy but experts are still trying to find out the cause of its abnormality, a spokesman with the country’s lunar probe program said on Thursday.
“Yutu has come back to life,” said Pei Zhaoyu, the spokesman.