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.

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 ...

A popular and contentious game, Revenge on Gold Diggers, sheds light on misogyny, inequality and the feeling among many men that they are economic victims. By Li Yuan A deliveryman falls for a female ...