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.

A woman holds a blank sheet of paper as demonstrators protest the deaths caused by an apartment complex fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, at the Langson Library on the campus of the University of ...

Protesters in multiple cities, including Beijing on Sunday, held up blank A4-sized sheets of white paper in a sign of solidarity and a nod to the lack of free speech in China. Social media users ...