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.

A man from China’s Guangxi province has made headlines for his extraordinary devotion to his wife, bringing her back from the edge of death through love, music, and unwavering determination. According ...

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 ...