This year, the Halloween celebrations in Shanghai carried the spirit of the blank sheets of paper protest from last December. Some chose costumes with political messages. This unhealthy-looking young woman is carrying a begging bowl and a sign that reads 医学牲 Yīxué shēng – a wordplay on medical student and livestock, highlighting the precarious situation of students. Others took to the streets in hazmat suits and were promptly arrested by the police for causing unrest. The memories of sometimes violent lockdown measures carried out by the so-called „Da Bai“ are still fresh.