He became known for his precision, steady hands and willingness to take on difficult cases, earning him the nickname “Brave Jiang.” But his idealism didn’t last long. In 1966, Mao unleashed the Cultural Revolution, the decade-long period of chaos that upended Chinese society. Groups of militant youths known as Red Guards roved the country, determined to root out “class enemies.” Dr. Jiang, whose father had been a banker and whose cousin was an official in the rival Nationalist party in Taiwan, was an easy target. Branded a counterrevolutionary, he was…
Jiang Yanyong, Who Helped Expose China’s SARS Crisis, Dies at 91
