People hold sheets of blank paper in protest against COVID restrictions in China during a vigil on November 28, 2022, in Hong Kong’s central district. Paper has become a symbol of defiance.

In one of China's greatest displays of public discontent since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, an unconventional item has come to symbolize the new protests: a blank sheet of white paper.

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The rare protests that spread across China over the weekend often featured demonstrators holding pieces of blank white paper, a phenomenon that has caused problems for the country’s top ...

In Shanghai, a vigil grew into a street protest where many held blank sheets of white paper in a symbol of tacit defiance. In Beijing, students at Tsinghua University raised signs showing a math ...

In a rare show of defiance, crowds in China gathered for the third night as protests against Covid restrictions spread to Beijing, Shanghai and other cities. People held blank sheets of paper ...

Since protests began on Friday, Chinese citizens have taken to holding up blank A4 sheets of paper. The paper symbolizes their anger against Chinese authorities and China’s harsh lockdown measures.

In Shanghai, a vigil grew into a street protest where many held blank sheets of white paper in a symbol of tacit defiance. In Beijing, students at Tsinghua University raised signs showing a math ...

As China cracks down on protests. demonstrators adopt blank scraps of paper as their calling card. Skip to content. ... "'Blank sheet of paper' and 'white paper' now also only show sparing results." ...