China fans barred from wearing rainbows at Taiwanese singer A-mei’s show

A-mei (in white) performing during her concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on July 7. Photo: Handout

Beijing concert-goers say they were prevented from displaying rainbow imagery at a pop singer’s performance on Saturday, in a sign of increasing tightening on LGBTQ expression in China.

Fans attending a concert by Taiwanese singer Chang Hui-mei - better known by her stage name A-Mei - say they were prevented from wearing shirts with rainbows on them inside the Cadillac Arena in Beijing, according to participants who posted about the incident on social media.