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Bookshelf ‘The Notebook’ Review: The Power of the Blank Page Access to paper and the ability to scribble on it helped usher in the modern world.
Though the blank paper protest symbol is inconspicuous, even silent, some protesters are also making loud, explicit statements — some so extraordinarily strong that they’re rarely heard in China.
Demonstrators hold blank signs during a protest in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Bloomberg via Getty Images “The white paper represent[s] everything we want to say but cannot say ...
Blank pieces of paper have become a symbol of defiance for protesters in China, especially among students at universities. They are expressing their anger over the country’s Covid-19 restrictions.
Blank pieces of paper have become a symbol of protest for many people demonstrating on the streets of China and the U.S. in recent days. VOA's Elizabeth Lee explains. Calla Yu and Austin Ao ...
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 that has gone beyond social media to ...
‘If you fear a blank sheet of paper, you are weak inside.’ — One much-quoted social media post from China. The antecedents of white-paper protests stretch back at least as far as 1924, when ...
How blank sheets of paper became a symbol of defiance for China's anti-lockdown protesters Hundreds of people took to the streets in China's major cities on Sunday to protest against the country's ...