Word: yanyong
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...among the usual suspects rounded up by Beijing authorities was Dr. Jiang Yanyong, the retired surgeon who blew the whistle on the government's cover-up of the 2003 SARS outbreak. Earlier this spring, Jiang penned a letter to China's leaders, urging them to reconsider their unrepentant stance on the massacre and describing his own haunting memories of the mangled bodies brought to his hospital that night. The disappearance last Wednesday of Jiang and his wife, Hua Zhongwei, appears to be the strongest reaction yet to his criticisms of the government, and underscores Beijing's continued determination to discourage...
...proposal is that the June 4 student movement of 1989 should be reappraised as a patriotic movement." JIANG YANYONG, retired Chinese military physician who exposed the seriousness of last year's SARS outbreak in Beijing, in a letter calling on China's leaders to reassess their classification of the Tiananmen Square protests as a "counterrevolutionary rebellion...
...TIME should have chosen Chinese physician Jiang Yanyong, who was included in your group of newsmakers of 2003. Jiang told the world about the alarming spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which caused Asia's horrific health crisis. He risked his life to raise public awareness of this deadly disease. Although the soldiers in Iraq bravely implemented a violent policy, Jiang courageously saved innumerable lives. His efforts served a nobler ideal than war. Robin Som London...
...JIANG YANYONG When SARS hit China in 2002, the regime sought to squash the news. By April 2003, SARS may have infected thousands, but some hospitals emptied their SARS wards when U.N. health officials visited. Retired army doctor Jiang couldn't bear the cover-up and told TIME and other outlets the truth. Finally, the Health Ministry began an education campaign that helped contain the killer virus...
...fire station when there's a blaze in the neighborhood. It also badgers hospitals to admit patients who don't have adequate funds and harasses lawmakers to change legislation. "In Thailand we have ministries for social services and welfare, but they do not work well," says program manager Yanyong Sangpow. "The people need us to get things done, to cut through the red tape...