Online literature's new chapter

An industry study says more than 16 million works are circulated on the internet, Fang Aiqing reports.

There was a time when online literature - full of elements such as time-travel, harem intrigues, tormented love and killings - was largely seen as "vulgar" in China.

Yet, with more than 400 million readers and around 14 million author accounts created by the end of 2017, any snap judgement has diminished.