SHANGHAI/BEIJING — Chinese protesters have turned to blank sheets of paper to express their anger over COVID\u002D19 restrictions in a rare, widespread outpouring…
Images and videos circulated online showed students at universities in cities including Nanjing and Beijing holding up blank sheets of paper in silent protest, a tactic used in part to evade censorship or arrest.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
In Shanghai, a crowd that started gathering late on Saturday to hold a candlelight vigil for the Urumqi victims held up blank sheets of paper, according to witnesses and videos.Article content Other images showed dozens of other people subsequently taking to the university’s steps with blank sheets of paper，illuminated against the night sky by flashlights from their mobile phones.“One day you’ll pay for everything you did today,” he said, in videos seen by Reuters.
Protesters were advised to bring a sheet of white paper to at least one planned demonstration, according to tips being shared in chat groups seen by Reuters.
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