Women have been posting photos of A4 sheets held vertically in front of their waists to prove just how thin they are. Beijing: Chinese women are competing online to see who can be most paper-thin ...

The #A4waist challenge - in which women compare the size of their waists to the width of a standard A4 sheet of paper - started in China and prompted a backlash online.

For the challenge, women are required to take photos of themselves with a piece of A4 printer paper in front of their waists.

Read More: Zero-COVID Protests in China Have Rattled Global Markets A global symbol against censorship The A4 sheet of paper has a longer history as a symbol of protest globally.

The rare protests that spread across China over the weekend often featured demonstrators holding pieces of blank white paper, a phenomenon that has caused problems for the country’s top ...

Chinese protesters are using blank sheets of A4 paper to express their fury over Covid-19 restrictions. In a rare widespread outpouring of dissent that has gone beyond social media, people have ...