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 ...

The blank sheet of paper has become a symbol of resistance among those protesting Beijing’s COVID lockdown policies, showing up at protests across the nation. Videos and photos circulated online ...

In her hands was a sheet of unspoiled blank paper. The trend has its roots in the 2020 Hong Kong demonstrations, where locals held blank pieces of paper to protest against the city's draconian new ...

By Sunday morning, the hashtag "white paper exercise" was blocked on Weibo, prompting users to lament the censorship. "If you fear a blank sheet of paper, you are weak inside," one Weibo user posted.

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 ... If you hold a blank sheet, then everyone knows what ...

One woman in Zhejiang marched in chains with duct tape over her mouth, blank sheet of paper held high. It is hard to overstate how unusual all of this is. Street protests are not uncommon in China, ...

“But the blank sheet of paper is more likely to work,” Steinfeld said. “After all, how can you root out and punish someone who hasn’t said anything?” Though the blank paper protest ...