Chinese netizens paid their respects to Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who alerted his classmates about Covid and who subsequently passed away due to the virus, by commenting on his Weibo on Jan. 3.
The date marked the third anniversary of Li's receipt of the Reprimand Letter from Chinese authorities, which warned Li to stop posting "untruthful opinions" online and threatened legal repercussions if he did.
With China scrapping most of its Covid measures as it made a sudden U-turn on its zero-Covid policy, many commenters took the opportunity to "update" Li about the changes happening in the country.
Here are some comments they left (translated from Chinese):
"Just wanted to share this with Dr Li: we have chosen to live with Covid at last."
"Dr Li, many things have changed over the last three years. People have undergone countless lockdowns and PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests for a long time, but they are all gone now. Many of them were infected with Covid, and the hospitals were crowded with patients in distress. Nevertheless, many others have recovered, the streets have regained their liveliness, and all of us are full of cheer. Dr Li, everything will become better, right?"
"Dr Li, [the control measures for the] pandemic have finally been lifted after three years. I hope there is no more pain in heaven."
"Mr Li, the lockdowns are finally over after three years. We don't know what the future holds for us, but I hope...
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