Shanghai police make Halloween party-goers remove costumes

[@brukujinbrokujin7802]

Too dramatic : literal dude only wearing batman mask ?

[@ganon01ryanoutsen92]

They finally arrest Batman 😱😱😱😱😱

[@jesselee713]

Brunei cannot publicly celebrate Christmas. No one seemed to make a fuss about that... Funyy

[@90taetaeya]

Malaysia is also having a lot of halloween raids. It is actually illegal to cross dress in the country. Authorities are cracking down on costumes based on that.

[@4lrk]

-100 social credit.

[@Peter_supremacy-u3i]

Only for yankees 😂

[@dotagedrain7051]

China is not America or Europe... they have their own culture and style... im not sure why you even trying to celebrate everything Europeans.. you dont see Europeans celebrating other cultures..

[@HG-jl4gd]

Entonces que no celebren navidad, es una dictadura, las fiestas se han vuelvo globales y todo porque el presidente odia a Estados Unidos

[@shougeirin4849]

Well spoken. Asian people have really gone and forgotten their own roots and culture. They've abandoned their politeness and embraced on more individualized western culture. Which is a shame, btw. In a few years more, western culture will dominate the world, and diversity no longer exist. Smh

[@sophieadam9702]

I agree it is an American culture . I live in Australia and hate this influence on our culture. It just business making money

[@ruud195]

It is a copy from China, they celebrate this The Ghost Festival or Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism and the Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism, is a traditional festival held in certain East and Southeast Asian countries.

[@Noliving]

So what?

[@shougeirin4849]

​@@ruud195 No one is costume dressing during Hungry Ghost Festival. Instead we remember our ancestors by holding rituals and memorials. Much more meaningful than being ghost themselves

[@kingol4801]

Just why?

[@singyiulim]

I asked some of the shanghainese and they said it's cuz parade is not allowed.

[@SeelkadoomTHS]

​@@singyiulim why

[@ryanwalters6184]

People were trolling the cpc last year with costumes.

[@profitmuhammed]

There were several attacks by man using costume during haloween

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

western culture

[@FlyingTiger1989]

Would it be more culturally appropriate to wear coneheads, half shaved heads, and plate cards on necks like they did during the infamous Cultural Revolution? 😂😂😂

[@HypatiaMuse]

I can understand not wanting the influence of American culture, but this is just silly.

[@georgecookie2107]

😅😅😅too many people dressed up as Winnie the pooh and called themselves president of mainland china

[@5324TuiG]

Ridiculous .

[@CuongHoang-iu5sg]

How to turn young people against you 101 by Chinese authority

[@albertteng1191]

Those people should know better, freedom of expression is not allowed in china. The chinese govt officials is just too insecure about losing their positions.

[@happytrails1963]

even trick or treat banned 👻

[@truthful3777]

Shanghai police: You scared the wits out og us...Please removed the costume..

[@ryanwalters6184]

No fun allowed!

[@youarebeingtrolled6954]

150 people died in 2022 and the west made fun of them😂😂

[@emil6568]

​@@youarebeingtrolled6954not the west's fault they are dead now

[@Peter_supremacy-u3i]

It's taboo or nothing else 😊

[@r_dcruz1394]

tell me about it

[@michaelk1589]

I admire China's order and economy and tech advancments but this is just poking my brain with ridiculuoisness. These people are just having fun at party. What a joke. Can someone explain to me motives of such actions of police?

[@JustSoKinda]

The boss afraid of everything

[@CattleFarmer667]

Simply put it, what is ok in your countries may not be ok in other countries. Dont try to impose your will on the countries like you are king of the universe.

[@JustSoKinda]

@@CattleFarmer667 Every year is OK. Especially Last year in ShangHai

[@ryanwalters6184]

Too many Winnie the Pooh costumes

[@Termerpores]

​@CattleFarmer667 stop making snide comments like you are the king of reasoning. He has a reasonable cause to make this comment. They are arresting people for simply wearing deadpool costumes and batman masks. I would understand more if it was something revealing or inappropriate but batman? Really? You said" it is OK in your country" brother, I'm pretty sure wearing a superhero mask /costume dosent break any rules in most country unless in places like NK or iraq. This is beyond strict rules, this is dystopian

[@vandydandy2697]

Just the beginning

[@joelupetz5157]

It's China so it's normal there😂

[@mingyuhuang8944]

The fun police 😂

[@Javy_Valen_Tain]

CCP is boring!

[@kaihara-br4do]

Everybody should dressed up as police next halloween !!

[@snakebite215]

so compared to yesterday video, scmp remove the ppe footage and part where the police do not publish any statement regarding such regulation.... guess someone triggered 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@peter320vn]

Chinese government is such a sensitive B. 🤣

[@ryanwalters6184]

Fragile

[@badbad-cat]

Yeah unban Russian media in the West and talk about sensitivity, fragility and free speech 🫵🏻😆

[@omnigeddon]

This doesn’t make a lot of sense because the pekking opera has been around for a long time🎉 .. and people used to copy those characters walking on street all the time… sunwu kong the monkey king just came out.. people cannot dress like the game as traditional anymore?

[@or6144]

So all the US has to do is send their troops in Avengers and justice league outfits and the War's over even before its begun 😅

[@plaguedoctor_139]

No

[@Churchprayer_]

So what’s the problem in China ?

[@SeelkadoomTHS]

Stop reuploading. This is gettting annoying.

[@Gw2kitty]

For Halloween just dress up as prChinese its enough to give others nightmares.

[@Hkchinese888]

When er bail jin is not happy, everything is doomed

[@bobbymoss6160]

There's no fing around in Emperor Xi's Empire!

[@shadyhazza]

SCMP taking some of that "Countering Chinese Influence Fund" moneys

[@badbad-cat]

For sure 💯

[@keptcmack5601]

They arrested the batman

[@dyrectory_com]

"Given an inch, taken a mile." 💡 p.s. Say, "No to Drugs!" 🦉

[@snowdog03]

Down with the dictator.

[@fohhee]

Halloween costumes is where China draw the line.

[@vincentvooyz]

Buh

[@youtubebekistan]

A city of no fun.

[@hatharasinghedinish6905]

Nice job

[@andrewsullivan3874]

I am genuinely confused. Is there a clear subtext that is unclear to outsiders?

[@JackFrost-ib3xr]

I think its probably general dislike towards foreigner culture.

[@andrewsullivan3874]

@@JackFrost-ib3xr Thanks. It seems sad and unnecessary.

[@superpowerdragon]

large gatherings needs permits before its held, thats why they are arrested when they refuse to leave, this is the same in many countries

[@truthful3777]

Over production of western ghost challenging chinese hungry ghost.

[@MarktYertd]

And these individuals expect Western people to embrace Chinese culture when they immigrate to the USA illegally?

[@MartinNew14]

exactly

[@youarebeingtrolled6954]

Sounds like they dont want western culture at all😂😂

[@badbad-cat]

I mean, you and your ancestors didn't embrace Native American culture, did you?

[@SeelkadoomTHS]

@@MarktYertd double standards

[@typicalKAMBlover21]

Why copy the rotten holiday tradition from the US? I live in the US and we have plenty of people here complain about the drink parties and over sexualized Halloween. It’s the worst part of the western tradition.

[@ryanwalters6184]

It's not from the

[@tonywang4032]

Why copy communism?

[@SeelkadoomTHS]

@@typicalKAMBlover21 do u have proof?

[@nevillespence6101]

@@SeelkadoomTHS Walpugis Night, Night of the Witches a tradition that was around long before the creation of the USA

[@caodanadu]

What about letting people have fun and live their own lives?! That's dangerous, right?!

[@nguyenthien94288]

Korea some year ago

[@AhmetTekin101]

Here's what China's 🇨🇳 leadership fears the most: - the truth, - freedom of speech, - transparency, and - the international rules-based system.

[@Fans.of.Darth.Vaders.Empire]

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[@r_dcruz1394]

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[@nerrailwaygorakhpur7173]

​@@Fans.of.Darth.Vaders.EmpireHere the comment from main commenter are look like child or kid 😂 so we ignore it

[@mokulashi]

the truth is China is on the right track and becoming stronger and stronger while your free worlds are struggling and fuel the wars. You keep saying freedom of speed , the truth , transparency but your countries are failing apart , not China. Just wake up from your failing la la land

[@winterrising8738]

based china

[@420-x5i]

Animal farm

[@taliskujim4736]

NANNY STATE

[@ahbai1976]

Kudos to the china authorities…. Always remember your skin color and not follow blindly what others do

[@evechristmas5248]

Are you being sarcastic,bro？

[@ynnos5555]

They arrested some dressed as Chinese monks, warrior & Chinese actress Fan Bingbing cosplayer though!

[@perrycheong1058]

Like what they did during the Cultural Revolution?

[@A2Z2REAL]

yeah dont put energy into a evil holiday and perpetuate the unknown assignment!

[@andrewsullivan3874]

@@A2Z2REAL Do you know why the authorities believe it is evil? What is the unknown assignment?

[@KitKitChanIsaac]

​@@andrewsullivan3874The CCP thinks that everything western is evil

[@r_dcruz1394]

No

[@youarebeingtrolled6954]

Scmp conveniently forgot about Itaewon 2022😂

[@rafe9852]

not even remotely related dumba$$

[@yehuo2825]

go ask your parents why they refused to let you wear certain costumes while you were a kid! go ask your school why they ban certain costumes!

[@CattleFarmer667]

Remember, not everyone have parents and go to school...

[@albertteng1191]

i dont remember my parents or any authorities ordering me not to wear certain costumes. Its exercisinjg the freedom of expression, makes people more creative. Bcoz china is too restrictive, chinese products are mostly copies of other nations products, they cant produce their own designs bcoz of lack of creativity

[@yehuo2825]

@@CattleFarmer667 then go ask whoever raise you! dont tell me no one raise you and you were able to survive as a baby on your own until to now! in almost every country kids go to grade school or some kind of school!!! should i continue or you get it?!

[@andrewsullivan3874]

@yehuo2825 If the police are detaining people because they believe some costumes are too sexualized or indecent, then their goal would be clear. I don't know why they would not state that as their goal.

[@yehuo2825]

@@andrewsullivan3874 they actually did reported why... in case you miss it... here it is: safety concern, political dissent, unwelcome views, and mass gathering that can cause chaos and destruction!!!

[@Abamaine]

Well maybe they allowed it if it only happened indoor, so not walking around looking strange.

[@andrewsullivan3874]

It's not even an American holiday.

[@snowdog03]

It became popular first in US. Is marked in calendars as holiday, just not paid one.

[@andrewsullivan3874]

@@snowdog03 The following is from Wikipedia: "Halloween is thought to have influences from Christian beliefs and practices.[47][23] The English word 'Halloween' comes from "All Hallows' Eve", being the evening before the Christian holy days of All Hallows' Day (All Saints' Day) on 1 November and All Souls' Day on 2 November.[48] Since the time of the early Church,[49] major feasts in Christianity (such as Christmas, Easter and Pentecost) had vigils that began the night before, as did the feast of All Hallows'.[50][47] These three days are collectively called Allhallowtide and are a time when Western Christians honour all saints and pray for recently departed souls who have yet to reach Heaven. Commemorations of all saints and martyrs were held by several churches on various dates, mostly in springtime.[51] In 4th-century Roman Edessa it was held on 13 May, and on 13 May 609, Pope Boniface IV re-dedicated the Pantheon in Rome to "St Mary and all martyrs".[52] This was the date of Lemuria, an ancient Roman festival of the dead.[53] In the 8th century, Pope Gregory III (731-741) founded an oratory in St Peter's for the relics "of the holy apostles and of all saints, martyrs and confessors".[47][54] Some sources say it was dedicated on 1 November,[55] while others say it was on Palm Sunday in April 732.[56][57] By 800, there is evidence that churches in Ireland[58] and Northumbria were holding a feast commemorating all saints on 1 November.[59] Alcuin of Northumbria, a member of Charlemagne's court, may then have introduced this 1 November date in the Frankish Empire.[60] In 835, it became the official date in the Frankish Empire.[59] Some suggest this was due to Celtic influence, while others suggest it was a Germanic idea,[59] although it is claimed that both Germanic and Celtic-speaking peoples commemorated the dead at the beginning of winter.[61] They may have seen it as the most fitting time to do so, as it is a time of 'dying' in nature.[59][61] It is also suggested the change was made on the "practical grounds that Rome in summer could not accommodate the great number of pilgrims who flocked to it", and perhaps because of public health concerns over Roman Fever, which claimed a number of lives during Rome's sultry summers.[62][47] "

[@snowdog03]

@@andrewsullivan3874 I knew that. Didn't become an intercontinental thing until the 20th century though.

[@vivekraghuwanshi5702]

I love chianna

[@darkman7009]

I hate chianna

[@r_dcruz1394]

China*

[@JavierLuke-u2k]

Why do you need Halloween costume party that not culture

[@johnlaw6735]

💕

[@r_dcruz1394]

No

[@proud_chinese_traitor]

That's why Taiwan need keep democracy forever

[@LivingLonger]

Democracy does not mean you can do anything you want. All the people have to abide by the country's law.

[@evechristmas5248]

in fact,every country has its rule,such as America racist.

[@r_dcruz1394]

@@evechristmas5248bold of you to assume that the American government has been racist.

[@5324TuiG]

lol meanwhile in Tokyo…. kzbin.infovgLX-O5t4wY?si=CPGajG7Wq87fQtfv

[@Snownam227]

source: reuters. we all know the news is irrelevant then