Skip to contentThe Asahi Shimbun >Asia & World >China >articleREUTERSNovember 28, 2022 at 11:50 JSTPeople hold white sheets of paper in protest over coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, after a vigil for the victims of a fire in Urumqi, as outbreaks of COVID-19 continue, in Beijing, China, November 27, 2022.REUTERS)BEIJING/SHANGHAI--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.Wang was referring to incidents in China which provoked anger on social media, including a pregnant woman who miscarried after being refused entry to a Xian hospital in January, the deadly crash of a bus in Guizhou ferrying people being quarantined, and a young boy in Lanzhou who died from gas poisoning while under lockdown.Stunned Japan soccer fans shift gears to ‘must-win’ Spain gameNovember 28, 20224 die in accident on Tomei Expressway in KanagawaNovember 10, 2022Ohtani, Darvish loom large at Fighters’ new home stadiumNovember 9, 2022Visit this page for the latest news on Japan’s battle with the novel coronavirus pandemic."