A series of protests against COVID-19 lockdowns began in mainland China in November 2022. Colloquially referred to as the White Paper Protests or the A4 Revolution, the demonstrations started in respo
Southwest Jiaotong University students mourning the victims of the fire in Ürümqi, holding blank sheets of paper and singing "The Internationale" and "March of the Volunteers"
Policemen wearing masks patrolling Wuhan Tianhe International Airport during the initial COVID-19 outbreak in January 2020
List circulated by Chinese students, including 51 universities, with anti-lockdown demonstrations as of 27 November
Students at Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, holding a candlelight vigil for victims of the fire
The Beijing Sitong Bridge protest was a protest that took place on October 13, 2022, in Haidian, Beijing, China.
2022 COVID-19 protests in China
…for prolonged periods of time without work and left some unable to purchase or receive daily necessities. The demonstrations had been preceded by the Beijing Sitong Bridge protest on 13 October, wherein pro-democracy banners were displayed by an unnamed individual and later seized by local authorities. The incident was subsequently…
Sitong Bridge pictured in 2012
Anti Xi Jinping flyers in Stanford University in solidarity with the Sitong Bridge protest
Anti Xi Jinping flyers in Stanford University in solidarity with the Sitong Bridge protest