In a maddening story of censorship and propaganda, Li Wenliang is referred to as a whistleblower. Most places he would just be referred to as a doctor.
Friday from the virus. Thirty-four-year-old ophthalmologist Li Wenliang tried to raise concerns around the new year about what was then an unidentified virus. On Dec. 30, Li described to medical school classmates in an online chat room that what he was seeing in the capital of Hubei province resembled severe acute respiratory syndrome . The Chinese state apparatus quickly intervened.
In China, Li is being referred to as a whistleblower. In most places, he would just be referred to as a doctor. It’s a maddening story of censorship and propaganda, one that shows the global impact that China’s stifling approach to hard truths can and will have on us all. For years, economic opening and technological advance have been seen as potential drivers of systemic political change in China, but in many ways it’s worked the other way around.
The Chinese government has largely held its line, taking down unharmonious feelings of anger and anguish, and pushing out numbing statements. “[Li] had the misfortune to be infected during the fight against the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, and all-out efforts to save him failed,” the Wuhan City Central Hospital. “We express our deep regret and condolences.” But there have been rare outbursts of public anger about Li’s death and China’s treatment of the truth. “Dr.
. “In Wuhan and other heavily restricted areas of Hubei, residents mostly stay inside their homes and avoid socializing for fear of catching the virus.”
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