Blank sheets of paper become symbol of defiance in China protests

Rueters ^ | November 27, 20222:10 AM PST

[BenLurkin]

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 some of China's streets and top universities.

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.

One widely shared video said to be from Saturday, which could not be independently verified, showed a lone woman standing on the steps of the Communication University of China in the eastern city of Nanjing with a piece of paper before an unidentified man walks into the scene and snatches it away.

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.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[George from New England]

International law says you gotta at lease print this ...

“This Page Intentional Left Blank”

[Scrambler Bob]

Those racist Chinese - white paper.

[Big Red Badger]

Yuppers,
Fill in the Blank.
.
State your name.

[philman_36]

Brain worm - Paper Tigers...with a twist.

[philman_36]

I nominate Hobbes for the mascot...

[faux_hog]

Go here: https://youtu.be/vPRDLqggwQU

[philman_36]

Paper tiger
"Paper tiger" is a literal English translation of the Chinese phrase zhǐlǎohǔ (simplified Chinese: 纸老虎; traditional Chinese: 紙老虎). The term refers to something or someone that claims or appears to be powerful or threatening, but is actually ineffectual and unable to withstand challenge.

[cgbg]

The Chinese citizens forgot that silence is violence.

I am sure the Chinese .gov will be happy to remind them.

:-(

[Golden Eagle]

This is the future the WEF is pushing the entire world towards.

[PIF]

The term (white paper) refers to something or someone that claims or appears to be powerful or threatening, but is actually ineffectual and unable to withstand challenge.

—
aka, Xi Jinping & the CCP ...

[philman_36]

They’re subtly calling them out for what they are...and they know it.

[philman_36]

The people are the tigers holding the paper.
Paper tigers, in their faces in a culture/cult of face.

[MayflowerMadam]

Thanks. It’s always interesting to know the root of words and phrases.

[philman_36]

The Cult of “Face” in China | 面子
Chinese face can be given or earned…it can also be taken away or lost.

[philman_36]

See 16 as well for more insight to their thinking.

It's SO subtle and SO potentially devastating in their society.

[philman_36]

I did say "Paper Tigers...with a twist."

[pangaea6]

this is just for show, soon the phones and cameras will go out and CCP and WEF and NWO will deal very harshly with these dissenters. Wonder why this only happens every 40 yrs in China?

[BereanBrain]

Next they will form a November 6th committee and hold people for 2 years during an “investigation” and then a trial worthy of a banana republic.