Don’t be so sure
I am writing this from one of the nuclear power plants in China. There is a military base here.
Saw two Chinese men in fatigues walking and holding hands just outside the entrance to the protected area yesterday
You may want to limit how much you share while there
You are in China??
I didn’t realize that the Chinese would allow internet access to a site such as this one. Or do you go around government restrictions somehow, perhaps by a satellite hookup?
In a lot of societies, holding hands by two persons of the same gender does not indicate a romantic or sexual relationship.
You see it a lot across Africa, Asia, and Southern Europe/Balkans.
I can’t speak directly about what it means in your part of China.