Wave of Arrests Among Female Authors of Homoerotic Literature in China

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In China, police have recently arrested dozens of female authors of homoerotic literature. This is the second wave of arrests in less than a year. Authors can face prison sentences of more than ten years or even life. Police in the provinces of Gansu and Anhui arrested more than fifty authors in December last year. But this year, writers have also been arrested whose publications only receive a few thousand views online. "What's striking about t…