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.

As the protests continue into today, Monday, November 28, a symbol has emerged — a blank white sheet of paper held by gathered crowds, an image that circumvents the extreme censorship and ...

Photo: Kyodo News/Zuma Press SINGAPORE—On China’s heavily censored social media, a new target has emerged for internet police: blank sheets of white paper. Platforms are rushing to remove ...

The protests have become known as the “white paper protests,” due to citizens holding up blank A4 sheets of paper in defiance of governmental authority. Here’s what you need to know.

When the Chinese social media site Wiebo blocked the hashtag “white paper exercise” on Sunday, one user shot back: “If you fear a blank sheet of paper, you are weak inside.” ...

By Chang Che and Amy Chang Chien 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 ...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Chinese protesters have turned to blank sheets of paper to express their anger over COVID-19 restrictions in a rare, widespread outpouring of public dissent ...

Wanting to send a message to China's government, protesters in cities across the country held up blank sheets of paper. There was no text or symbols, no pictures on the pages — just empty white ...

As protests against Xi Jinping’s Zero-COVID policy spread across China’s diverse cities and regions over the last week, one symbol remained constant: a blank sheet of paper. On a bridge in ...

"Tens of millions of posts have been filtered from search results," she said. "'Blank sheet of paper' and 'white paper' now also only show sparing results." The censors scrubbing of social media ...

In Hong Kong in 2020, activists also raised blank sheets of white paper in protest to avoid slogans banned under the city’s new national security law, which was imposed after massive and ...