Transgender dancer Jin Xing’s ascent to the upper echelons of Chinese show business is extraordinary in a nation where it has become increasingly difficult for LGBTQ+ people to live openly.

Performer Jin Xing, dubbed the “Oprah of China” for ... have called her one of “10 legendary figures of Chinese modern dance,” and she’s been the subject of glowing published profiles.

Xing’s dance troupe has been performing the play – a stage adaptation of Cao Yu’s classic work Sunrise – around the country for the past four years. Jin Xing is a beloved transgender icon ...

Late last year, authorities in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou canceled her Jin Xing Dance Theater’s show, citing insufficient documents. Subsequently, venues in other parts of the country ...

Transgender dancer Jin Xing’s ascent to the upper echelons of Chinese show ... But a recent series of sudden and unexplained cancelations by local authorities of appearances by her dance troupe has ...