This year the Shanghai party-goers appeared to stick to more traditional Halloween costumes, but even then ... who was dressed as a skeleton on Friday night in the Jing An nightlife district ...

At least half a dozen people in costumes that turned up in Shanghai's Zhongshan park on Friday night were seen by Reuters witnesses being led away by police. There was no official city-wide notice ...

Young people in Shanghai were bracing themselves for a big party on Halloween night, but a police crackdown on costumes has left China's most international city with rain-sodden empty streets.

In Shanghai, police ... At another celebration Friday night, in the Jing An district, Reuters reported that an attendee in a skeleton costume was detained by the police and escorted to an ...

Police in Shanghai have been targeting Halloween celebrations, seemingly due to costumes considered politically ... being led away by officers on Friday night. Although there has been no official ...

But it remains unclear what - if any - types of costumes police were targeting ... gathered spontaneously one night on a street in Shanghai to mourn the victims of a fire. That gathering soon ...

Shanghai authorities have cracked down on Halloween costumes, amid fears of a repeat ... Authorities had on Friday night set up makeshift barriers to prevent a repeat of crowds gathering on ...