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This is Democracy – Episode 219: Chinese Protests

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Is This Blank Sheet of Paper So Meaningful to You?

Zachary: Do these blank sheets of paper that the students and other protesters are holding up? Do they strike you as meaningful in ways similar to what Zachary's discussed? Yes, and first of all, let me say that was wonderful Zachary, I really appreciated that. So I do think it's a very powerful symbol. It comes from a tradition in China. In Chinese, the word for China, there's a few words for it actually. And one of them actually translates as my country, wao guo. There is a history to this kind of pushback in China subtle pushback even right now.

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