This phrase refers to a occasional practice in Chinese print media of leaving empty space on the news page where content has been pulled as a result of censorship. A silent protest, this signals to the reader that content has been removed.
Now Executive Director of the China Media Project, leading the project’s research and partnerships, David originally joined the project in Hong Kong in 2004. He is the author of Dragons in Diamond Village (Penguin), a book of reportage about urbanization and social activism in China, and co-editor of Investigative Journalism in China (HKU Press).
