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Tens of millions of Chinese citizens remain quarantined to their homes, moving much of their daily lives online. A biology teacher from Wenzhou shared similar problems, this time during a livestreamed course on meiosis, the division of sex cells. These tales reflect a long-standing crackdown. The inadequacy of sex education in China has made porn the only source of information for millions of young people. When Titanic was rescreened in Chinese cinemas in , for instance, fans were surprised to no longer see the famous scene of Rose lying naked before Jack.

A lot of porn sites and forums are accessible," technology blogger William Long wrote on his feed. Messages like that startled Chinese Web surfers, long accustomed to the authorities' Internet blockades. The country had been in the midst of highly publicized anti-pornography sweeps, and there had been no announcement of any change in government policy. Yet eight weeks later, the porn sites are still accessible.

Pornography is strictly forbidden in China. But while forbidding porn is one thing, actually getting rid of it is quite another, especially when users have social media, cloud-based services, and new payment methods at their disposal. The year saw the birth of a few big albeit ill-fated services in the country, including 99 Erotica Forum and Erotica Juneday. Some such sites are still hanging on, but many have disappeared. The business model for these services in China is quite simple.