Dozens of LGBTQ+ erotica writers arrested in Chinese national crackdown

A comic book promoting tolerance for young gay men produced by Lee Yiu-chung (boy) and Tracy Lai Wing-yan in 2008 (Picture: Getty)

Dozens of writers of LGBTQ+ erotica have been arrested in China in a bid to crack down on ‘pornographic’ content, it has been reported.

The People’s Republic (PRC) has a zero-tolerance approach to what it sees as vulgar or illegal content and has removed thousands of website in past crackdowns to ‘purify’ its internet.

Censors have now targeted as...