Hong Kong Media: Multiple Danmei Authors Summoned Across Provinces by Lanzhou Police

Translated from 联合早报:港媒:多名耽美写手遭兰州警方跨省传唤 Translator’s note: Lianhe Zaobao is one of the largest Singaporean Chinese-language newspapers. According to reports from Hong Kong media, several online authors in mainland China have recently been summoned across provinces by police in...

June 3, 2025 · someone

Media Reports, Narratives, and Comments

For more untranslated Chinese reports, please visit here. Media Reports 2018.11 CNN:Chinese writer sentenced to 10 years in prison for homoerotic book 2020.11 The Paper 澎湃新闻: Mo Xiang Tong Xiu Reportedly Sentenced to Three Years — Is This the End of the Golden Era for Danmei Adaptations? 2025.6.9 Caixin Global: Police in Northwest China Detain Writers...

June 3, 2025 · someone

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu Reportedly Sentenced to Three Years — Is This the End of the Golden Era for Danmei Adaptations?

Translated from 墨香铜臭传获刑三年,耽改IP的好日子到头了吗 Translator’s note: The Paper (Chinese: 澎湃新闻; lit. ‘Surging News’) is a Chinese digital newspaper owned and run by the state-owned Shanghai United Media Group. Mo Xiang Tong Xiu Reportedly Sentenced to...

November 16, 2020 · someone

CNN: Chinese writer sentenced to 10 years in prison for homoerotic book

Original Post on CNN, 2018-11-19 Beijing(CNN) - A Chinese novelist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for writing and distributing homoerotic novels, provoking widespread debate online over the severity of her sentence. The female writer, surnamed Liu, but more commonly known by her internet pseudonym Tianyi, was arrested in 2017 following the success of her novel “Occupy,” according to reports in Chinese state media. The book was described by police in East China’s Anhui Province as depicting “obscene sexual behavior between males” set to themes of “violence, abuse and humiliation....

November 19, 2018 · someone