Jiang Yanyong

Jiang Yanyong (Ch蒋彦永,蒋彦永simplified, Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǎng Yànyǒng, Wade- Giles: Chiang Yen -yung, born October 4, 1931) is a Chinese physician from Beijing who published an investigative story about the SARS epidemic in China. Jiang was the chief physician at the Military Hospital 301 in Beijing and a senior member of the Communist Party of China.

Life

1989 Jiang was the chief physician of the military hospital 301 in Beijing. As a medical officer, he holds the rank of major general of the People's Liberation Army. In this role, he experienced the effects of the Tiananmen Square Massacre to the students.

Late 2002 and early 2003, when the SARS virus was spreading in China, the Chinese government reduced the number of infected drastically in public reports. On 4 April 2003, Jiang sent an e- mail with 800 words on China Central Television -4 and PhoenixTV ( Hong Kong ), which described the facts. Neither of the two stations responded to the letter or published the information. Nevertheless, the information came to the western media. On 8 April 2003, a journalist for the Wall Street Journal, Jiang was able to interview on the phone. Later in the day said Susan Jakes by Time Magazine also with Jiang. This conversation led to a rapid publication entitled Beijing 's SARS Attack ( Beijing SARS attack). In this article, an English translation of Jiang's e- mail was published, and for the first time reached the actual situation in China to the public. As a result, the mayor of Beijing and the Chinese health minister resigned on 21 April 2003 and the government began to deal with the growing epidemic. Many health experts are of the opinion that this meant that SARS could not develop pandemic.

In February 2004, Jiang wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China, Wen Jiabao, his deputies, the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and various other members of the government. In the letter, he called to investigate the responsibility for the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989 again. Some media reported that the high rank Jiang led to discussions in the Politburo, what to do with him.

On 2 June 2004, two days before the 15th anniversary of the massacre, reported Jiang's family in California that he and his wife were arrested by the military. On June 15, 2004 saw Hua Zhongwei, Jiang's wife, free. On 19 July 2004, Jiang was released.

Awards

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