China COVID Protest: Use Of Dating Apps In White Paper Protests and More
China is witnessing an unprecedented wave of civil protests as people are demonstrating on road against one of the world’s longest COVID-19 lockdown imposed since the outbreak of COVID second wave
China COVID-19 Protest
- Blank paper - Equations - Symbolic form of local slurs - WeChat emojis
Symbols Of China’s COVID Protest
China has an iron-curtain rule leaving no room for democracy, defying such hard censorship, Chinese protestors did white paper protest
White Paper Protests in China
Hong Kong protestors also did a similar form of blank paper protest back in 2020 against no-protest rule by Chinese government
White Paper Protests in China
Tsinghua University students raised signs of math equation Alexander Friedmann, whose surname in Chinese is a homonym for “free man”
White Paper Protests in China
China’s leading stationery chain M&G Stationery threatened a nationwide-ban on A4 size white sheets following the ‘white paper protest’ causing a fall of 3% in its share prices
M&G Stationery Threatens White Paper Ban
- People are discussing about protests on censored WeChat app with cryptic posts to avoid any suspicion by govt. Officials - Online fliers, pinned protest locations shared on dating apps, Telegram
Dating Apps, Telegram
Some international groups are reportedly using bots which throw up porn links and gamling ads on social media platforms like Twitter while searching for China protests
Porn bots, gambling ads amid China protests
Amid COVID protests in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Chengdu, Urumqi, Wuhan, Nanjing and Lanzhou, China Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said, "We will keep improving science-based maximum protection to people's lives and health and minimise the Covid impact on social economic development”
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