Death of Chinese doctor fuels anger, demands for change
The death of Li Wenliang, a doctor who was among the first who warned of the Wuhan virus outbreak, has prompted an outpouring of grief, anger and demands for more freedom of speech in China. – EPA pic, February 7, 2020.
THE death of a whistleblowing doctor whose early warnings about China’s new coronavirus outbreak were suppressed by the police has unleashed a wave of anger at the government’s handling of the crisis – and bold demands for more freedom. Ophthalmologist Li Wenliang was among eight physicians who sounded the alarm about the virus in late December, only to be reprimanded and censored by authorities in central Hubei province.
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