Rest of World: China’s web novel platforms embraced AI. Now they are fighting it
Sites from Tencent, ByteDance, and Baidu set curbs like daily word limits for authors and stricter standards to combat poor-quality automated fiction.
External
Chinese online literature emerging as transnational cultural language: professional
Publishers discuss reader and writer trends in the Chinese web fiction industry at a professional event in Beijing, China.
BBC: ‘Every word has come back to haunt me’: China cracks down on women who write gay erotica
“At least 30 writers, nearly all of them women in their 20s, have been arrested across the country since February, a lawyer defending one told the BBC.”
ABC News: “Police in China arrest female authors of homosexual novels in crackdown on ‘boys love’ fiction genre”
“Female writers have been summoned by police for posting and sharing homosexual romance stories online, in a widespread crackdown on the ‘boys love’ genre in China.”
RFA: “Chinese censors target writers in nationwide crackdown on online erotic fiction”
An ongoing government crackdown has seen dozens of Chinese writers arrested for posting erotic fiction on the Haitang Literature City website.
Crunchyroll: “Heaven Official’s Blessing Donghua Shares New Short Film Trailer, 4th Anniversary Art”
Celebrating the fourth anniversary of the Heaven Official’s Blessing donghua, Bilibili released an animated short film and new official art.
CBR: “10 Best Historical Anime If You Like The Apothecary Diaries”
These anime series scratch an itch for anyone looking for historical fiction.
CBR: “Action Anime Fans Should Watch These Three Romance Series”
Each of these series have enough action and romance to satisfy fans of either genre.
