‘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 ...

People held blank signs at a vigil in Shanghai for victims of an apartment fire in China’s western city of Urumqi on Saturday. Many blamed COVID-linked lockdowns for the death of 10 people who ...

People are holding up blank white sheets of paper in China to protest COVID lockdowns. It's become a symbol of defiance against the Communist Party. By Cheryl Teh ...

People have been arrested for holding up anti-royalist slogans (Picture: PA/AFP/Getty) Protesters have been holding up blank signs during a demonstration in defence of free speech after a number ...

The blank paper is reported to be a statement about protesters being silenced and also to taunt authorities as they cannot be arrested for holding signs saying nothing.

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 ...

One social media compared the scenes in Russia to recent arrests in the UK and said: “UK barrister and activist Paul Powlesland has been threatened with arrest for holding up a blank sheet of 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 ...

BEIJING: Holding up blank pieces of paper, co-opting the national anthem, complicated wordplays: protesters in China are devising a myriad of creative ways to voice dissent against the government ...

Police watched on as protesters held blank pieces of paper and anti-monarchy messages outside Parliament in response to arrests made after the death of the Queen.. Around a dozen protesters stood in ...

This is the moment a barrister holding up a blank piece of paper was threatened with arrest by a police officer in Parliament Square. Paul Powlesland held up a blank sign to an officer amid a ...