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Story summary
- Backlash over a collaboration between Detective Conan and My Hero Academia led Chinese event organizers to ban cosplay and merchandise sales of Detective Conan at events in Beijing, Chongqing, and Lanzhou.
- Organizers said attendees wearing militaristic outfits would be denied entry because of historical sensitivities.
- In Chongqing, the expo also banned Pokemon merchandise due to anger over a planned event at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
