When strong censhorship comes to manhua

[Manko-sensei]

Censorship plus persecution have already led to writers and artists in other countries to be arrested, tortured, humilliated and even killed, but this year China's leader has decided that women who write fiction about homosexual characters are to be treated as criminals. Even if I don't read any manhua myself, this concerns me as much as anyone who does: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c056nle2drno

 

[solstice258]

Did they have to do that to the poor woman? Geez.
I know China is heavy on the censorship but I can't help but worry shit like this will inspire other governments to copy it

 

[sterven]

Censorship plus persecution have already led to writers and artists in other countries to be arrested, tortured, humilliated and even killed, but this year China's leader has decided that women who write fiction about homosexual characters are to be treated as criminals. Even if I don't read any manhua myself, this concerns me as much as anyone who does: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c056nle2drno

Its well known I abhor the yuri and yaoi genres but even I can see how fucked up this shit is. Freedom of expression should always be encouraged and protected so long as it's not a call to violence of course.

 

[fluvius]

I’m afraid the thread is somewhat misleading. China isn’t arresting writers for writing about homosexuality. China is arresting people who produce gay porn. Pornography is illegal in China and producing any sort of porn there can get you arrested.

To be more precise, from what I heard, writers and artists who were producing such content were uploading to a Taiwanese site called Haitang. Now in order to get paid, Haitang used some service from mainland China to pay the writers and artists.

So earlier in the year or last year, someone in the police in China found the site and contacted the payment services for the contact information of the writers who lived in the mainland. A crackdown ensued and at least 30 people were arrested. I think the current news stories are from the aftermath of these arrests.

Please correct me if I am wrong as I don’t really understand much of China and I didn’t do too much research.

 

[Manko-sensei]

I’m afraid the thread is somewhat misleading. China isn’t arresting writers for writing about homosexuality. China is arresting people who produce gay porn. Pornography is illegal in China and producing any sort of porn there can get you arrested.

To be more precise, from what I heard, writers and artists who were producing such content were uploading to a Taiwanese site called Haitang. Now in order to get paid, Haitang used some service from mainland China to pay the writers and artists.

So earlier in the year, someone in the police in China found the site and contacted the payment services for the contact information of the writers who lived in the mainland. A crackdown ensued and about 30 people were arrested. I think the current news stories are from the aftermath of these arrests.

Please correct me if I am wrong as I don’t really understand much of China and I didn’t do too much research.

I linked the news article so first read it, there's nothing misleading about the title when it affects to manhua as a whole (erotica is not the same as porn and it's not only gay one but also straight). The persecution is much harsher on those who wrote boy's love (denmei), and the works are not necessarely new (it's on the article, read).

 

[Greenfrost]

I think people who censor Japanese media in America should be arrested, tortured, and humiliated.

Of course, I'm joking. Half-joking. 40/60 maybe.

 

[dezfranky]

I think people who censor Japanese media in America should be arrested, tortured, and humiliated.

Of course, I'm joking. Half-joking. 40/60 maybe.

Americans are disgusting and try to insert their half-baked woke or petarded right shit into it, because Japanese culture is alien to them and they can’t respectfully accept the differences. Localization is bullshit.

Why can’t we get dubs or subs from the dragon ball z or Pokémon days.
Dub all I heard is big chins trying to sound like cute anime girl or just annoying asf male who can’t sound cool for crap to deliver lines, he should go back to delivering for door dash.
Subs are getting garbled to shit by CringeRoll and with AI it’s only gonna get worse.

 

[TestAddress]

Did they have to do that to the poor woman? Geez.
I know China is heavy on the censorship but I can't help but worry shit like this will inspire other governments to copy it

What did they do? The "1 week paradise treatment"? Or did they sent her to the human ranch?

 

[OisE]

Pornography is illegal in China

No not really.

China isn’t arresting writers for writing about homosexuality. China is arresting people who produce gay porn.

No, you are talking without looking into it.

A lot of works are censored in their country because two people of the same gender kiss in these works.

Please correct me if I am wrong as I don’t really understand much of China and I didn’t do too much research.

You should have read the article AND do the not too much research.

I’m afraid the thread is somewhat misleading.

It's not misleading. More and more censorships are appearing.

 

[fluvius]

No not really.

Let’s read Chinese law shall we?
http://www.asianlii.org/cn/legis/cen/laws/clotproc361/

Firstly, when I was talking about erotica but mentioned it as porn, I was talking from the Chinese government point of view. Let’s read article 367.

"Pornographic articles" mentioned in this Law refers to sex-propagating books or periodicals, films, video- or audio-tapes, pictures or other pornographic articles which concretely describe sexual acts or undisguisedly publicize sex.

Scientific works concerning physiology of human body or medical knowledge shall not be pornographic articles.

Literary or artistic works of artistic value which contain contents of sex shall no been deemed as pornographic articles.

Therefore, erotica is porn in the law. Haitang authors were writing material which had sexual acts in them. Now let’s read article 363.

Whoever produces, duplicates, publishes, trafficking in or disseminates pornographic articles for the purpose of making profits shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine; if the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine; if the circumstances are especially serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine or confiscation of property.

Whoever provides book numbers for others to publish pornographic books and periodicals shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and concurrently or independently be sentenced to a fine. If anyone provides others with book numbers which he clearly knows to be used to publish pornographic books and periodicals, he shall be punished according to the provisions in the preceding paragraph.

The first paragraph is what the authors got in trouble with. Also in article 364.

Whoever disseminates in society pornographic books and periodicals, movies, video- and audio-tapes, pictures or any other pornographic articles shall, if the circumstances are serious, be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance.

Whoever organizes shows of pornographic films or videos or other video- or audio-tapes shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine; if the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine.

Whoever manufactures or duplicates pornographic films or videos or other video- or audio-tapes and organizes shows of them shall be given a heavier punishment according to the provisions in the second paragraph.

Whoever disseminates pornographic articles to minors under the age of 18 shall be given a heavier punishment.

I believe they also guilty of the first paragraph. Article 365 isn’t relevant here but might be useful to know.

Whoever organizes a pornographic performance shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine; if the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years, and concurrently be sentenced to a fine

While I couldn’t find any laws punishing consuming porn. Producing or distributing porn is illegal there.
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[OisE]

"Pornographic articles" mentioned in this Law refers to sex-propagating books or periodicals, films, video- or audio-tapes, pictures or other pornographic articles which concretely describe sexual acts or undisguisedly publicize sex.

[...]

Literary or artistic works of artistic value which contain contents of sex shall no been deemed as pornographic articles.

Well, for me a romance story in a manhua is an artistic work. But for the judge they can choose what they want.

And the government definetly chose what they want :

As the genre [Boy's Love] grew more popular, state media began to denounce it as "vulgar," claiming that the gay storylines could distort young readers' sexual orientations. Shows were canceled, and television regulators banned Boys' Love adaptations and gay-themed content more broadly. In a 2018 case that angered many Chinese internet users, a popular author was sentenced to 10 years in prison on obscenity charges.

Some Boys' Love writers responded to the pressure by leaving out sex scenes or downplaying the stories' gay overtones, casting the pairings as "bromances." Such works are still available in China. But other authors, who wanted to write more explicit stories, sought refuge in overseas publishing platforms such as Haitang Literature City, a Taiwanese website that readers in China can access only with software that circumvents the state's internet firewall. [...]

The crackdown [the massive arrest of the thread] has led to heated debate about creative freedom and the government's efforts to police morality. Online commentators noted that some people convicted of rape or child abduction had received lighter sentences than Boys' Love authors.

Source: deccanherald

No no, you don't get it, pornography is forbidden by law there.🤡

Also, it was only women (mostly young) who were arrested. Writing gay stories not even in their countries. The stories are not even accessible from the national inter(intra)net.
But yeah, they should have follow the law, and not being born as women, and accepted the very patriarchal society, like what are they thinking rebelling and not wanting to read hetero centered toxic and very discriminatory and sexist stories written by good men writers, and not being interested and ally of queer culture like lol that's typically against the law yes yes.

 

[IlaiaCorde]

Americans are disgusting and try to insert their half-baked woke or petarded right shit into it, because Japanese culture is alien to them and they can’t respectfully accept the differences. Localization is bullshit.

Why can’t we get dubs or subs from the dragon ball z or Pokémon days.
Dub all I heard is big chins trying to sound like cute anime girl or just annoying asf male who can’t sound cool for crap to deliver lines, he should go back to delivering for door dash.
Subs are getting garbled to shit by CringeRoll and with AI it’s only gonna get worse.

Without Americans this site would not be possible...

Having said that, not all Americans are like that. Its a small group of people really. Japanese media obviously enjoys significant popularity in the U.S, without any censorship at all as far as I am aware. People talking trash on the internet isn't anything new, nor does it represent 'Americans' as a whole.

I have no idea how subs are garbled on Crunchroll. I havent had any problems, and I might add that I'm a subscriber there. Everything works quite well.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

Without Americans this site would not be possible...

Having said that, not all Americans are like that. Its a small group of people really. Japanese media obviously enjoys significant popularity in the U.S, without any censorship at all as far as I am aware. People talking trash on the internet isn't anything new, nor does it represent 'Americans' as a whole.

I have no idea how subs are garbled on Crunchroll. I havent had any problems, and I might add that I'm a subscriber there. Everything works quite well.

I'm being pedantic here, but other countries have internet with manga hosting too.
So, yeah, the existence of state inhabitors, something like Mangadex would very well be possible.

 

[IlaiaCorde]

I'm being pedantic here, but other countries have internet with manga hosting too.
So, yeah, the existence of state inhabitors, something like Mangadex would very well be possible.

But it wouldn't be this website specifically.

And why bother with any others when we have Mangadex? 😆

 

[OisE]

without any censorship at all as far as I am aware

Ouch. I think more and more manga are censored in schools because too much "anormal read" for young and soft american teenagers. It would be too dangerous for them.

No joke, I think if americans can a fight against these stupid censorships pushed by "moms who want the best for every kids", it would be way better for everyone.