Published 1 year ago

Why protesters in China are holding blank sheets of paper in defiance

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Young people protesting harsh COVID-19 restrictions in China have held aloft the most innocuous of objects: a blank sheet of paper.

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Times of India

Blank sheets of paper become symbol of defiance in China protests

Images and videos circulated online showed students at universities in cities including Nanjing and Beijing holding up blank sheets of paper in silent protest, a tactic used in part to evade censorship or arrest.

1 year ago·India

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BBC News

China's protests: Blank paper becomes the symbol of rare demonstrations

As China cracks down on protests. demonstrators adopt blank scraps of paper as their calling card.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Memes, Puns and Blank A4 Sheets: China’s Creative Acts of Protest Against Xi, Covid Zero

These messages — elusive, creative and often ironic — were among many that captured the tone of protests across China this past weekend, as fury over lockdown measures nearly three years into the pandemic has rapidly developed into one of the boldest displays of dissent against Chinese authorities in years

1 year ago·India

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The Guardian

Why blank sheets of paper have become a symbol of dissent in China – video

People opposed to China’s strict Covid restrictions are protesting in cities across the country, holding blank pieces of paper as a symbol against censorship. The protests, triggered by a deadly apartment fire in the far west of the country, are taking place in defiance of a series of heavy-handed arrests of demonstrators. The protests mark the biggest wave of civil disobedience on the mainland since Xi Jinping assumed power a decade agoAnti-loc…

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Why protesters in China are holding blank sheets of paper in defiance

Photos and videos online show people taking to the streets of China holding blank pieces of paper

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Why sheets of A4 paper have become the symbol of China protesters' Covid dissent

Students have stormed top universities holding blank sheets of paper in the air in a rare silent protest to evade censorship or arrest at the hands of the hardline Chinese regime

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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