A year after Shanghai’s boisterous Halloween celebrations made global headlines, revelers dressed as Republican presidential ...
Many of China’s young urbanites have embraced Halloween as a fun event and a chance for expression. Authorities, meanwhile, ...
"They believe that Halloween costumes could be a pretext for staging a disguised public protest against government control and repression," says one business owner. Chen recounts that on Thursday at ...
A heavy police response has stifled Halloween celebrations in Shanghai, in what many have viewed as an attempt by authorities ...
Police in China’s financial capital were out in force over the weekend to crack down on Halloween festivities, after revelers ...
In a preemptive move to suppress social discontent and avoid an uprising, local authorities in Shanghai tighten their grip on ...
Social media footage showed police appearing to bundle away people dressed in Halloween costumes last weekend.
This weekend, the police presence, online postings about a crackdown and constant rain kept the revelry to a minimum ...
In China’s financial capital Shanghai, authorities began rounding up individuals in costume to avoid repeating last year’s ...
The post Halloween Is a Middle Finger to Communists appeared first on Reason.com. How an influx of trick-or-treaters, the end ...
Despite a massive police presence, young people dressed up in costumes, some harmless, others very political. Everyone was ...
Chinese authorities are seeking to limit Halloween celebrations in Shanghai, fearing that the festivities could serve as a ...