DORIAN Murray is just eight years old, but he has been fighting a rare paediatric cancer since the age of four.

His parents decided to stop treatment for his alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in 2013 when doctors discovered it had spread to his brain and spinal cord.

8 year old Dorian Murray wants to be famous before he goes to heaven. #DStrong #cancersucks ❤️ pic.twitter.com/6Y1zVNdVC0 — lex (@lexileonnn) January 21, 2016

When his first wish — to visit the Great Wall of China — was deemed impossible, Dorian instead decided he wanted to be famous in China.

His father posted the wish on Facebook, asking for people in China and elsewhere to send a picture to Dorian with a sign saying “#D-Strong”.

Word quickly spread, with the hashtag trending across the world.

Dorian’s story struck a chord in China, where it trended on the Twitter-like Weibo.

China Star tourism company CEO Liu Ping said she took photos of tourists holding signs for Dorian at the Great Wall.

“I was touched by the boy,” she told Xinhua News Agency.

“He was so young, but in the face of death he appeared so strong. I felt obliged to do something for him.”

In a posting on the Facebook page, Dorian’s family thanked the world for the response.

“Dorian has brought so much inspiration to people, around the world! I couldn’t be more proud of my son,” Melissa Murray wrote.

#Dstrong Dominican Repúblic is with you, you're already famous — Saul Jimenez (@Saul64) January 21, 2016

Dorian's last wish is to be famous. People around the world are making it happen. Hello from Australia! #DStrong pic.twitter.com/cAScYndKWC — Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) January 21, 2016