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- China says 3 foreign spy plots foiled, including "honey trap" that relied on foreign agent's "seductive beauty" · 73 points · 4 comments
- ‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: A French region has banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe? · 144 points · 22 comments
- 'Every word has come back to haunt me': China cracks down on women who write gay erotica · 504 points · 139 comments
- Poundland sold for £1 with shops set to close · 49 points · 7 comments
- British Steel tries to reverse ‘sabotage’ of Scunthorpe furnace in the UK: Chinese companies should be blocked from critical infrastructure, MPs told · 46 points · 2 comments
- Trump tariffs: Ireland expected to be among hardest hit countries · 189 points · 18 comments
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Adding in that there's a huge push for this in the US right now too
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These authors are being accused of breaking China's pornography law for "producing and distributing obscene material". Writers who earn a profit could be jailed for more than 10 years.
The law targets "explicit descriptions of gay sex or other sexual perversions".
Jesus I thought there might have been some bullshit pretense, but apparently it's just straight-up illegal there.
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Not the onion...?
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The other Scunthorpe problem
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Oh trust us we hate a lot of the democratic leadership too. First past the post and the electoral college are a blight on democracy.