Protestors hold white sheets of paper at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Protestors in China are voicing their outrage over the country’s strict COVID-19 lockdown policies, demanding increased ...

The first blank-paper protester on July 1 was a young woman who told reporters she held up white paper because she wasn’t sure what would be illegal under the new law.

Protesters hold up blank white papers during a commemoration for victims of a recent Urumqi deadly fire in Central in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022.

The rare protests that spread across China over the weekend often featured demonstrators holding pieces of blank white paper, a phenomenon that has caused problems for the country’s top ...

A sheet of white paper has become a symbol of protest against COVID lockdowns in China. People in major Chinese cities held up blank pieces of A4 paper while marching in the streets.

Holding blank sheets of white paper, an internationally recognized metaphor for censorship, people took to the streets of Shanghai on Nov. 26, in a Saturday night vigil for the fire victims.

Protesters hold up blank white papers during a commemoration for victims of a recent Urumqi deadly fire in Central in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022.

Protesters hold up blank white papers during a commemoration for victims of a recent Urumqi deadly fire in Central in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022.

Protesters hold up blank white papers during a commemoration for victims of a recent Urumqi deadly fire in Central in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022.

FILE - Protesters hold up blank pieces of paper and chant slogans as they march to protest strict anti-virus measures in Beijing, Nov. 27, 2022.

The white-paper revolution echoes art history, recalling Robert Ryman and the Philippines-based artist Kiri Dalena. ... encapsulated in the simple image of a blank, white sheet of A4 paper.

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 ...