Published: December 9th, 2024,
Last updated: December 9th, 2024
At the end of November 2022, university student Huang Yicheng participated in the White Paper protests in Shanghai. A tragic fire where ten people suffered agonizing deaths in a sealed-off high-rise building in Urumqi during the lockdown triggered a wave of solidarity. Only a few days later, people took to the streets in several cities, including Shanghai. They held white A4 sheets of paper over their heads – a symbol of Chinese censorship.