Jiang Lin was born in Nanjing in 1953. She joined the People’s Liberation Army at the age of 14. Between 1971 and 1982, she served as a military officer at the Fourth Military Medical University (now the Air Force Medical University) in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province.
In what seemed like a flash on April 20, Chinese netizens dubbed TV reporter Chen Ying “the most beautiful bride” on China’s Internet. It was the day of her wedding but a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Ya’an in Sichuan province and Chen didn’t bother to change her clothes before rushing to cover the scene.Video of Chen, still in veil and gown, rapidly spread across the web and