It was written as a reminder to people that it was in their interest to support those who dared to stand up to authority. Many of those people had frozen to death, figuratively speaking, as fewer people were willing to publicly support these dissenting figures. As confusion mounted about Dr. Li’s fate, people accused the authorities of trying to delay announcing his death. They’re just ordinary people who stepped forward.”Wang Gaofei, the chief executive of Weibo, which carries out many of the orders passed down from China’s censors, pondered what lessons China should learn from Dr. Li’s death. “We should be more tolerant of people who post ‘untruthful information’ that aren’t malicious,” he said in a post.

Source: New York Times February 07, 2020 09:47 UTC