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Why is Sherlock Holmes a gay icon in China? Jiehao Chen, co-host of the Drum Tower podcast, and Joel Budd, our senior affairs editor, discuss the famous detective’s popularity among Chinese women and what his prominence in slash fiction reveals about deeper anxieties surrounding love, marriage, and gender roles in contemporary China.
00:00 - Why are Chinese tourists visiting London for Sherlock?
01:13 - How did Sherlock become more popular than classic British literature in China?
02:25 - Why do Chinese fans see Sherlock and Watson as a love story?
03:26 - What does Sherlock fan fiction reveal about love and marriage in China?
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