Why are China’s LGBT support groups closing down?

Our weekly podcast on China. This week, we look at the campaign of repression facing the country’s gay communities

s Beijing bureau chief, David Rennie, and senior China correspondent, Alice Su, examine what the crackdown reveals about President Xi Jinping’s China.

Darius Longarino of Yale Law School recalls the first time a marriage equality case came up in Chinese courts. And Raymond Phang, co-founder of Shanghai Pride, discusses why marginalised groups are seen as a national security threat. Runtime: 26 min

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