Hu Wanlin is a Sichuan native of China.  He received only a primary school education, and then led a troubled life.  While serving a sentence in jail for intentional homicide, swindling, and abducting and trafficking in women, Hu decided to try something different.  In 1993, while still in jail, he opened a medical practice.  Four years later Hu was released from prison, and although he had no legal certification, he continued to practice medicine in the Shaanxi