Yes, there are sadly a lot of those… and not just restricted to Asian countries, either.
It’s also partly why I wrote:
in the previous thread.
In my country for example, communism is actually illegal, including the study thereof. This comes from a period in our history in the 1960s where the (now banned) communist party were accused of planning a mass coup of the government (never mind that the person/people who made the accusation ended up…being the ones who actually coup-ed the government, proceeding to become one of the most corrupt person in the history of earth).
As a result of these accusations, there was a mass and national hunt and execution of the communist party, down to every farmer and random Joe Schmuck affiliated with it. It was also used as an opportunity for people to accuse their rivals/enemies of being a communist, in order to take over their land/business/etc. as they would be forced to flee or die in prison camps. My grandfather being one of the former.
The thing is, a lot of what we are taught about the history does not make any sense, but all books (including the ones written by our own people) about that period of time in our history are banned and we are taught only what the government allows. And if you’re caught reading stuff like that, you might just be accused of being a communist; something that people STILL do not want to be affiliated with to this day. Unless you do what I did and downloaded those books illegally from the internet.
And it’s not just about governments banning certain subjects altogether, it’s also about what is deemed acceptable in society. My country is incredibly low-tolerance on LGBTQ+ people and anything that goes against the grain of religious dogma (relationships outside of marriage, criticism of religious beliefs, etc.) and this is also reflected enormously in the types of books, movies, etc. that gets published/imported/translated. Therefore anyone looking to have representation or to have their views expanded will have to rely on… yep, pirated media.