{"id":2431,"date":"2018-11-19T16:27:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2018-11-19T16:27:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:27:28","slug":"chinese-erotic-novelist-jailed-for-10-years-for-gay-sex-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2018\/11\/19\/chinese-erotic-novelist-jailed-for-10-years-for-gay-sex-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese erotic novelist jailed for 10 years for gay sex scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Chinese writer has been given a 10 year sentence for writing and selling a novel which featured gay sex scenes.<\/p>\n

The writer, identified as Liu, was jailed by a court in Anhui province last month for producing and selling “obscene material”.<\/p>\n

Her novel, titled “Occupation”, featured “male homosexual behaviour… including perverted sexual acts like violation and abuse.”<\/p>\n

But her lengthy jail term has sparked protest across Chinese social media.<\/p>\n

According to the Beijing News, Liu – better known by her online alias Tian Yi – has now filed an appeal to the court.<\/p>\n

Pornography is illegal in China.<\/p>\n

On 31 October, Liu was sentenced to jail by the People’s Court of Wuhu for making and selling “obscene material” for profit,\u00a0according to local news site Wuhu news.<\/a><\/p>\n

However, details of the hearing only emerged on Chinese media outlets this week.<\/p>\n

Police officials were first alerted to her novel after it started to gain popularity online.<\/p>\n

Liu is said to have sold over 7,000 copies of Occupation and other erotic novels and made 150,000 yuan ($21,604, \u00a316,782) in profit,\u00a0reported state news outlet the Global Times.<\/a><\/p>\n

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But many social media users argued that the sentence she received was excessive.<\/p>\n

“10 years for a novel? That’s too much,” said one social media user on Weibo.<\/p>\n

Another referenced an incident in 2013, where a former official was sentenced to eight years in prison for raping a four year old girl.<\/p>\n

“Those found guilty of rape get less than 10 years in jail. This writer gets 10 years,” another Weibo user added.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-46257240<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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