Please retweet! Dorian isn't going to do chemo & doesn't have much time left his wish is to become famous #dstrong ? pic.twitter.com/cIdLxMj3K3 — Lauren Parr (@LaurenParr4601) January 14, 2016

The hashtag #Dstrong has been trending across the world recently in support of a young cancer patient from the United States.

Dorian Murray, an eight-year-old from the town of Westerly in Rhode Island, USA, has been fighting a rare paediatric cancer known as rhabdomyosarcoma since he was just four.

But his parents decided to stop treatment in 2013 when doctors found that the cancer had spread to his brain and spinal cord.

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Dorian told his dad that his dying wish before ‘going to heaven’ was to visit ‘the bridge’ in China (meaning the Great Wall) but after being explained the difficulties of achieving that task, he opted for fame instead.



He said he wanted to be famous all over the world, and after a few posts on social media sites Facebook and Twitter, his final wish has came true.

Millions of people from all over the world began using the hashtags #DStrong to show their support for Dorian, with hundreds of thousands more starting the movement in China as well.

Dorian: You have a megawatt smile & you’re inspiration to many. Stay #DStrong! pic.twitter.com/QHO9VUC3K9 — Senator Jack Reed (@SenJackReed) January 14, 2016

Yesterday we were lucky enough to host a celebrity! Thank you for visiting Dorian. #DStrong pic.twitter.com/z4zHMRbBNI — Mystic Aquarium (@mysticaquarium) January 14, 2016

#DStrong U.S. boy battling cancer realizes dream of becoming famous in China. Keep fighting! https://t.co/gApFFsrGFo pic.twitter.com/otPn79nbNL — China Xinhua News (@XHNews) January 14, 2016

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=119446678435387&set=o.129903487142638&type=3&theater

We are #DStrong. Hopefully we can help you reach your goal of getting as famous as possible, superstar… pic.twitter.com/QTt6vDZcYG — Ananto Ahmed (@ananto_ahmed) January 15, 2016

Through Chinese social media platform Weibo, both locals and foreign nationals in China also picked up the trend, assuring the boy with the message, ‘You are famous in China.’

Some also took the chance to visit the Great Wall on behalf of Dorian, taking pictures in front of the historical site with the D-strong symbolic message.

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