On 22 October, Chinese host and dancer Jin Xing sparked an online uproar with a lengthy post on Weibo charging that her performance application was rejected, naming the director of the approval department of Guangzhou’s Municipal Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau and calling on them to “not misuse public power”. However, the focus of the controversy quickly shifted from “Jin Xing takes on the Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau” to “Jin Xing supports LGBT (sexual minority groups)”, drawing the sensitive LGBT topic back into Chinese public discourse.