Kill to love is in my watch list for like 3 months
I agree. It is sad that LGBT content continues to be banned in China. Hopefully, we will see change someday in the future. The censorship is not limited to TV/Web. As another poster pointed out, the books and authors for BL are also being targeted. It is terrible to see these authors prosecuted and some even sent to prison just for writing danmei stories. https://www.the-independent.com/asia/china/gay-erotica-china-danmei-writers-arrested-b2779488.html
Kill to love is in my watch list for like 3 months
Homosexuality is banned in Chinese TV/Web Dramas. Any production that airs banned content will be taken off the air and production companies and other individuals involved face possible charges. In the past, some BL IP were able to get around the censorship by changing the parts of the story to be not a love relationship, but friendship. Example: The Untamed, Word of Honor). So, yes, you are correct that most of the BL genre stories are heavily edited and censored and the homosexual elements removed in order to air the shows. That said, it just got ever more difficult to air any homosexual series in China. The National Radio and Television Administration, which oversees the industry in China, just met to revise their rules/guidelines, including changes for homosexual content. In short, the restrictions are now even tighter than before. The 2 biggest changes are a ban on BL airing on International platforms (already banned of course domestically) and any Chinese actor who appears in a BL series is banned from appearing in any other Chinese project (other dramas, variety shows, etc.) From what I've read, Chinese actors in currently airing BLs are exempt from the ban. It will affect any Chinese actors who are in a BL production that begins broadcast after the date the new regulations go into effect. So the actors for Desire should be okay. Going forward, we probably will not see Mainland China BL productions at all, and the vast majority of Chinese actors will not be involved in any BL productions no matter the country of origin as it would be career suicide. https://koalasplayground.com/2025/08/20/china-to-restrcit-bl-c-dramas-further-with-prohibition-on-international-platform-airing-and-ban-on-actors-starring-in-them-from-appearing-in-other-projects/
Yes. he has a child with Moon Ga Bi. It was reported in November 2024. According to news article, he was in relationship with Moon Ga Bi in 2022-2023. Then in November 2024, Moon Ga Bi announce she have a baby boy, but no information about who is the father. I think Dispatch later claim JWS is the father and then JWS acknowledge he is the father through his agency, and he say he will take responsibility for the child, but he will not marry Moon Ga Bi. It seems his 10 year girlfriend-now-wife a forgiving person, since it look like he was cheating on her with Moon Ga Bi.
https://www.viki.com/tv/41047c-rabbit-on-the-moon
https://www.viki.com/tv/41047c-rabbit-on-the-moon
https://www.viki.com/tv/41047c-rabbit-on-the-moon
https://www.viki.com/tv/41047c-rabbit-on-the-moon
https://www.viki.com/tv/41047c-rabbit-on-the-moon
https://www.viki.com/tv/41047c-rabbit-on-the-moon
https://www.the-independent.com/asia/china/gay-erotica-china-danmei-writers-arrested-b2779488.html
https://www.viki.com/tv/41046c-the-twin-gambit
Anyway, glad to see that both actors were not prosecuted and later released from jail.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2935617/prosecutors-indict-17-in-icon-fraud-case-release-2-celebrities
https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40044959
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_iCon_Group_case
https://www.viki.com/tv/41052c-past-life-present-love
It seems his 10 year girlfriend-now-wife a forgiving person, since it look like he was cheating on her with Moon Ga Bi.