Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in Western China and the country's fourth largest city, has for years been referred to as "Gaydu" by Chinese millennials wise to the cosmopolitan city's reputation as China's "gay capital". Recent detentions are evidence that the government's tolerance for Chengdu's notoriety as a gay hub is fraying. Two Chinese men who allegedly produced and shared an AI-manipulated photo of two "gay pandas" from Chengdu - known as China's "panda capital", as well - have been detained