This illustration of Mr. Li is shared widely on Weibo and WeChat. Thanks, Kuang Biao!https://twitter.com/LiYuan6/status/1225720115464790016 …
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Dr. Li's death has prompted a nationwide soul-searching under an authoritarian government that allows for little dissent. “I haven’t seen my WeChat timeline filled with so much forlornness and outrage,” Xu Danei, founder of a social media analytics company, wrote on WeChat.
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For many people in China,the doctor’s death shook loose pent-up anger and frustration at how the government mishandled the situation by not sharing information earlier and by silencing whistle-blowers.
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Some Weibo users are saying Li’s death resonated because he was an ordinary person who was forced to admit to wrongdoing for doing the right thing. “He didn’t want to become a hero but for those of us in 2020, he had reached the upper limit of what we can imagine a hero would do”
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“Refusing to listen to your ‘whistling,’ your country has stopped ticking, and your heart has stopped beating,” a senior People’s Daily official wrote on WeChat. “How big a price do we have to pay to make you and your whistling sound louder, to reach every corner of the East?”
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The Weibo account of Shandong Province’s law enforcement body posted a portrait of Mr. Li with two sentences that have been circulating online: “Heroes don’t fall from the sky. They’re just ordinary people who stepped forward.” read herehttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/business/china-coronavirus-doctor-death.html …
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