China Bans 'Pornographic' Online Literature

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    Date: 
    3 November 2009

    BEIJING — Chinese authorities have banned 1,414 works of online literature, saying all of it was deemed obscene.

    Official news agency Xinhua said that the banned works either "included pornographic content," "used provocative or privacy-violating titles to draw attention" or "blatantly talked about one-night stands, wife swapping, sex abuses and violence that disregarded common decency.”