Story highlights
- TV shows shouldn't include gay relationships, affairs, one-night stands and underage love
- Move comes after popular gay online drama was banned
- Latest example of what appears to be a government campaign for stricter morality
Beijing (CNN)Chinese censors say television shows shouldn't include story lines involving gay relationships, plus other topics that "exaggerate the dark side of society," according to new guidelines.
The eight-page document on "vulgar, immoral and unhealthy content" posted on the website of the China Television Drama Production Industry Association, was dated December 31 but was widely reported in Chinese state media this week.