In a nation where a protest message could get a person jailed ... circulated online show students across China holding up blank sheets of paper in silent protest — an effort to evade the ...

chanting and waving blank sheets of paper symbolising censorship. People holding blank papers as a way to protest China's COVID-zero policy on a street in Shanghai on 27 November, 2022.

Widespread in-person protests are rare in China ... by posting blank white squares or photos of themselves holding blank sheets of paper on their WeChat timelines or on Weibo.

People hold blank sheets of paper during a demonstration against COVID-19 measures in Shanghai on Sunday. Protesters in several cities have also called for democratic reforms, and even the ...

It presents authorities with a difficult conundrum: arrest people for saying literally ... of Ukraine were arrested for holding up blank sheets of paper amid a government crackdown on dissent.

Holding blank sheets of white paper, an internationally recognized metaphor for censorship, people took to the streets of Shanghai on Nov. 26, in a Saturday night vigil for the fire victims.

During various demonstrations across the country, people were seen holding a blank sheet of paper. Some say it’s a way to avoid censorship. In a viral video said to be from November 26 ...

“They know what they want to express, and authorities know too, so people don’t need to say anything. If you hold a blank sheet ... in Hong Kong also used blank paper in 2020, days after ...

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.

blank sheets of white paper. Platforms are rushing to remove images of people holding up the empty pages after protesters made them a symbol to express their frustration at China’s zero-Covid ...

so people don’t need to say anything. If you hold a blank sheet, then everyone knows what you mean.” Some protesters told The New York Times that the use of white pieces of paper was inspired ...