The Economist | Chinese cops are cuffing erotica

Original Report | From the 2025-6-28 edition, Page 35 A crackdown on erotic writers Giant cuffs BEIJING Local police have found a perverse way to raise money “In my twenty years of life, I never thought my first flight would be to a Lanzhou police station.” So wrote one young woman who, in the past few weeks. says she was ordered to leave her home and report to authorities in the faraway capital of Gansu province, in the parched north-west....

June 26, 2025 · someone

Initium Media | The Price of Boys’ Love: A Law Enforcement Storm Targeting Haitang Authors

Translated from 端傳媒|耽美的代价:一场围捕海棠作者的执法风暴 The Price of Boys’ Love: A Law Enforcement Storm Targeting Haitang Authors By Contributors Gan Yeyu and Yiyi Published June 13, 2025 Mainland China / Politics / LGBTQ+ / Women & Feminism / Censorship / Sexuality / Gender / Law /...

June 13, 2025 · someone

Initium Media | Large-Scale Arrests of Haitang Web Novel Authors in Lanzhou: "Deep-Sea Fishing" Targeting the Marginalized and Powerless

Translated from 端傳媒評論|蘭州大規模抓捕海棠網文作者:「遠洋捕撈」對準底層哀民 Commentary | Large-Scale Arrests of Haitang Web Novel Authors in Lanzhou: “Deep-Sea Fishing” Targeting the Marginalized and Powerless By Li Meng, Watcher of Chinese internet culture and subcultures Published on June 10, 2025 A series of...

June 10, 2025 · someone