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Police rounded up Halloween party-goers in Shanghai on October 26, 2024. Video posted on social media showed officers escorting people wearing Halloween costumes. They were taken to designated places in the Chinese city where they were told to remove their costumes. Social media posts said those rounded up were required to register their names, ID numbers, and phone numbers with police before being released. In 2023, Halloween revellers thronged streets in the central part of Shanghai. Some were dressed in costumes poking fun at the nation’s stock market, youth unemployment and strict Covid-19 policies.
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