The Untamed and Heaven Official's Blessings challenges Chinese censorship on LGBTQ+ Media

Despite the constant censorship and crackdowns, recent Chinese media may unexpectedly be producing some of the most potent and nuanced content out there such as The Untamed and Heaven Official's Blessings. While China’s censorship laws have prevented television adaption from incorporating the story’s more explicitly romantic and sexual scenes, shows like The Untamed and Heaven Official's Blessings itself present a masterclass example of queer-coding. Throughout the series, various techniques of Chinese storytelling and allusions to romantic Chinese culture are deployed to depict the less than the purely platonic relationship between the male characters.