China’s blank paper protest.


China’s blank paper protest.

“Everything we want to say but cannot say." That’s what one 26-year-old demonstrator in China said the blank piece of paper had come to represent. People have been holding up the paper during protests in Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, against strict Covid measures in the country. China's Zero Covid policy involves mass testing, quarantines and snap lockdowns. It is unusual for people to publicly express their anger at Community Party leaders in China, where any direct government criticism can result in harsh penalties.