Another 'Tiananmen Square'? China sees protests like never before over zero-COVID policy
Fp Staff • 2 years agoAcross cities in China, people have taken to the streets lighting candles and holding up blank pages in a rare act of defiance against President Xi Jinping's autocratic zero-COVID policy. This is the largest anti-government demonstration since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest
The ‘A4 Revolution’ is here: How blank sheets of paper have become symbols of protest in China
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoChina is seeing unprecedented protests, with people taking to the streets in major cities against the country’s stringent zero-COVID-19 policy. As the anger and defiance grow, a protest tool has emerged: A sheet of paper which symbolises the strict censorship in the Communist nation