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 ...

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.

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 ...

But the A4 sheets of paper are blank, ... Many holding up blank pieces of paper. Lines of police easing people away. Never seen anything like this in my 10 yrs in #China.

Users on WeChat and Weibo, two of China’s most popular social media platforms, showed solidarity with the protesters by uploading pictures of blank sheets of paper to their profiles.

Blank pieces of paper have become a symbol of defiance for protesters in China, especially among students at universities. They are expressing their anger over the country’s Covid-19 restrictions.

Screenshot of Japan's Disney Store. Screenshot of Disney Store website. The collection is based on a viral 2013 meme of Winnie the Pooh squinting at a blank piece of paper in the animation.