Many of China’s young urbanites have embraced Halloween as a fun event and a chance for expression. Authorities, meanwhile, ...

A year after Shanghai’s boisterous Halloween celebrations made global headlines, revelers dressed as Republican presidential ...

"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 ...

In a preemptive move to suppress social discontent and avoid an uprising, local authorities in Shanghai tighten their grip on ...

Such was the case last year, when scores of people assembled in Julu Road, Shanghai, for the first Halloween celebration ...

A heavy police response has stifled Halloween celebrations in Shanghai, in what many have viewed as an attempt by authorities ...

Social media footage showed police appearing to bundle away people dressed in Halloween costumes last weekend.

Shanghai police patrolled the downtown streets over the weekend to crack down on Halloween celebrations in China's most ...

Police in China’s financial capital were out in force over the weekend to crack down on Halloween festivities, after revelers ...

Despite a massive police presence, young people dressed up in costumes, some harmless, others very political. Everyone was ...

Police rounded up Halloween party-goers in Shanghai on October 26, 2024. Video posted on social media showed officers ...

In China’s financial capital Shanghai, authorities began rounding up individuals in costume to avoid repeating last year’s ...