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The blank sheet of paper has become so pervasive that, online, people have begun referring to the protests in China as the “A4 revolution”—a reference to the standard paper size used in ...
Chennai: Five years after seeking information under the RTI Act, a city-based activist received a bunch of blank A4 sheets as ...
China is entering its fourth day of rare, widespread protests. The protests have become known as the “white paper protests,” due to citizens holding up blank A4 sheets of paper in defiance of ...
As 2023 dawns, the blank A4 sheet—brandished by protestors in China—is a potent political and artistic symbol ...
The marchers have been carrying blank A4 sheets of paper, which ‘represent everything we want to say but cannot say,’ in the words of one demonstrator. It was adopted as a form of protest in Hong Kong ...
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 ...
Blank sheets of paper have become an iconic item during the protests, which many now refer to as "white paper revolution", "blank sheet revolution" or "A4 revolution", as per reports. During ...
After officials and police officers repeatedly warned against chanting political slogans, many held the blank sheets of paper in shopping malls as the city was being scrubbed of protest graffiti.
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 ...
The A4 Revolution may be the force that pushes China out of Xi’s tight grip and empowers more moderate thinkers at elite levels in the party.
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.