BEIJING – In a video circulating on Chinese social media, a policeman in the city of Suzhou is seen admonishing a young Chinese woman for wearing a kimono in public for a cosplay photo shoot.
Yelling at her, the policeman takes issue with her costume, suggesting that she is not allowed to wear a Japanese outfit as a Chinese national. Accused of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, she is taken away for questioning and released five hours later.
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