BBC: China's protests: Blank paper becomes the symbol of rare demonstrations
So often one item comes to symbolise an entire protest movement. 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 demonstrations came clutching sheets of paper.
Similarly, in the capital Beijing, protesters came armed with scraps of paper to a demonstration at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University, once attended by President Xi Jinping.
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WNU Editor: What sparked these protests in China was an apartment fire in northwest China’s Xinjiang province that killed 10 .... 10 killed in apartment fire in northwest China’s Xinjiang (AP). Protesters say it was because people were locked in their apartments that they could not escape the fire. The authorities are denying these claims. But Chinese social media is exposing this as a lie, and many are now posting videos on how they are being locked in their homes (see tweet below):
Families in a hi-rise in China were locked into their apartments as their building caught fire. Urumqi, in Xinjiang Province
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) November 28, 2022
They burned alive as they couldn't escape and no one could get to them in time
This is directly on the CCP and Xi's Zero-Covid lockdown strategy pic.twitter.com/AWQ4oJA7Qg
Blank Sheets Of Paper Are Becoming The Symbol Of Protest In China
Blank sheets of paper become symbol of defiance in China protests -- Reuters
Blank paper, equations and alpacas: the symbols of China’s zero-Covid protests -- The Guardian
How a blank piece of paper became the symbol of China's protests -- Axios