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 ...

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.

courtesy Alamy Mainland China’s nationwide protests in late November have taken on a worldwide resonance, encapsulated in the simple image of a blank, white sheet of A4 paper. Held aloft by ...

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 ...

with one user writing that "if you fear a blank sheet of paper, you are weak inside". Meanwhile, paper maker Shanghai M&G Stationary was forced to deny rumours that it had taken all A4 paper off ...