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.

Protesters with blank pieces of paper have become a common sight at demonstrations against Chinese authorities in recent days. People held blank signs at a vigil in Shanghai for victims of an ...

In Shanghai, a vigil grew into a street protest where many held blank sheets of white paper in a symbol of tacit defiance. In Beijing, students at Tsinghua University raised signs showing a math ...

In China, that item is a humble piece of blank paper. As dusk fell on Shanghai on Sunday evening, some of those who gathered at a vigil to remember the victims of a fire that catalysed the ...

Since protests began on Friday, Chinese citizens have taken to holding up blank A4 sheets of paper. The paper symbolizes their anger against Chinese authorities and China’s harsh lockdown measures.

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 ...