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Why sheets of A4 paper have become the symbol of China protesters' Covid dissent
Mirror UK ^ | 28 Nov 2022 | Ryan FaheyWorld News Reporter

Posted on 11/28/2022 11:08:53 PM PST by blueplum

Chinese protesters are using blank sheets of A4 paper to express their fury over Covid-19 restrictions....

...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....

..."The white paper represent everything we want to say but cannot say," said Johnny, 26, who took part in one of the Liangma River gatherings....

...By Sunday morning, the hashtag "white paper exercise" was blocked on Weibo...

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: censorship; china; covid; whitepaper
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To: philman_36

Everyone knows the relationship of Hong Kong to China and differences therein.

What was your intention in your initial post?


21 posted on 11/29/2022 4:18:31 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan
What was your intention in your initial post?

To save you from embarrassment in the future.

22 posted on 11/29/2022 5:09:49 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: ifinnegan
Hong Kong did...
Chinese are following suit.

Do you see the confusion? They're ALL Chinese, whether on the mainland or the island.

23 posted on 11/29/2022 5:14:10 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36

No one would be confused by that.

No one.

Only ignoranuses or wu Mao would object or comment.

Why did you make the comment?


24 posted on 11/29/2022 5:49:52 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: blueplum

Takes guts to protest there. Before long it’ll be that way here unless we resist NOW.


25 posted on 11/30/2022 2:35:55 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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