The Chinese media praised Jiang Yanyong when he broke government secrecy to reveal the true extent of Beijing's 2003 outbreak of SARS.

• Author: Oliver, Charles
• Position: Brief article

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The Chinese media praised Jiang Yanyong when he broke government secrecy to reveal the true extent of Beijing's 2003 outbreak of SARS. But in 2004, when the military surgeon wrote to Chinese leaders asking them to reassess the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, he was placed under...