For Cindy Zhong, like many young Chinese women, a relaxing night used to mean curling up with a steamy story about two men in love. Then her favorite authors, and their tales, started disappearing.

Western media was quick to report on the subject of the latest “crackdown” in China: a writing genre known as “boys’ love.” News articles in the U.K. and U.S. reported “mounting public anger” over the ...

The genre known as Boys’ Love, stories written mostly by and for straight women, has been in the authorities’ sights for years. By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing The graduate student in southern ...

HONG KONG, Dec 4 (Reuters) - China is urging colleges and universities to provide "love education" to emphasise positive views on marriage, love, fertility and family, in a bid to boost the country's ...