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It turns out that the CCP was too busy drawing up plans for their invasion of Taiwan on March 15, 2024 to actually be rigging a science fiction convention. Instead, the Hugo committee did it for free.
One of the western Hugo admins came forward with emails (and an apology). They show that the western WorldCon committee members (not the Chinese members) made dossiers on authors (including the 2 writing this report) to see if there is anything in their works, backgrounds, or public comments that would be politically problematic in China. 4 works appeared to be eliminated from the long list for this reason.
They seethed about the Sad Puppies for "manipulating" the system (openly, while following the rules). Then they censored the Hugos because they were scared of upsetting the Chinese government, and lied about it until the emails leaked . You can't make this shit up. I hate liberals, but I do love President Xi and the People's Republic of China.
On June 6, Kat Jones wrote an email to the administration group titled “Best Novel potential issues.” In the email, Jones raised concerns about the novels Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Jones wrote that Babel “has a lot about China. I haven't read it, and am not up on Chinese politics, so cannot say whether it would be viewed as ‘negatives of China'” while adding that The Daughter of Doctor Moreau talked “about importing hacienda workers from China. I have not read the book, and do not know whether this would be considered ‘negative.'”
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As always, the mayo foids cries out in pain as it stikes you
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They've been rigging the Hugos for years, ever since that conservative group of writers tried to run a stunt on them to show how biased they are, and in response they became 10x as biased. No field more than publishing/writing/reading has it worse. It's a never-ending series of purity tests in every direction.
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There's even multiple comment threads in there blaming Larry Correia and the Sad Puppies. Because pointing out that the Hugo Awards are politicized bullshit caused them to retroactively become politicized bullshit.
These nerds have been reading so much sci-fi, they think time travel is real.
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!slots1989
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!commies
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Lol you know about the baby killing trees
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Of course. unlike the most other people in the kremlin, I can actually read.
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It's crazy how they taught the trees to do that
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it's a really sad place to visit the prison/genocide museum place too
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Calm the frick down
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my heart is telling me Not my real face
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frick the ccp !slots100
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what happened in 1989?
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Nothing.
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To be fair to the woman quoted in the OP, she's merely reporting on what was asked of her, presumably. The blame lies with whoever acted on the information. That might include her. It definitely will include mayo foids. But saying 'It talks about China, but I don't know the details,' isn't the same thing.
Another charming example of progs talking a big game but secretly bowing to money/influence, though. Much morals, such principles.
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Classic liberalism, bay-bee!
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The Chinese Government want to see a fair competition. They do not want to see winning from before. Literature is one of the greatest instruments of expressing emotions. We care about it.
Thank You
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do I have to report you to the local bureau?
There's only a single book you are allowed to read. All the others are revisionist propaganda.
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China adapts good values from every country. We do not want to fight with anyone.
We have freedom to read every kind of books. We do not need to ban books because they have gay or transgender or hitler in them like the west because the Chinese people do not read those books. So those books are not present in shops.
It is what the west calls the invisible hand.
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yes they only read mao's good quotes.
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Premier Mao was a great leader. Please do not address him like that
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Mr Mao's success was wholly dependant on his soviet comrade's mercy, I can call him what ever I like. I am a clear supporter of his vision but it wasn't as clear sighted as his scion
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We have no problems with Russia but their European arrogance in their contribution towards history make Chinese people laugh. We gave the world a lot of paper to gunpowder. We do not ask everyone who uses those pay a royalty to us. We do not tell people who have no contribution that they are lower than us.
Like the UK, Russia is a dead empire. like UK they claim to be masters of the world thinking this is 1800 or 1900.
When Greece comes up and says in UN we invented democracy, we can call the USA our dog do you think anybody will care, Russian?
I again say, we have no problems with Russia. But they are not getting into present. Still stuck in past.
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without us, you'd be speaking japanese.
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How much pain do chinooks feel knowing that Indians had gunpowder weapons before they did?
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Wat but go off
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I do not understand what you are trying to say.
Sorry for the inconvenience
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w a t but go off
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Always comes back to January 6th
https://old.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1ar5x8i/chengdu_hugo_committee_emails_revealed/kqj9nbd/?context=8
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In PRC China, American censor you!
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Lol
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What's the endgame here? Are they trying to sell science fiction novels/short stories to the chinese?
This is so weird.
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Think reflexive people pleasing, but to the extreme. The only goal is to be liked and ‘on the right side of history.'
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spider gang for life
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Sci Fi is basically generic genrefic and only manga is interesting at this point
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but the smell...
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How do you even hold the Hugos in China? Isn't the subject of time travel verboten?
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That was more of a guidance from a film and television board, and it didn't directly say not to use it. I'm not sure that it's truly more restrictive than burger studios' or the Oscars' diversity standards. Exploitation of soft power and encouraging people to avoid stepping on any toes.
I'm not going to say the US and Chyna are literally the same, but they wouldn't actually send government thugs after a foreigner's sci-fi convention for picking the wrong books. They just bank on people being scared of them
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Hmm, I might buy that when it comes to time travel, but somehow I doubt a book mentioning Hong Kong or Taiwan in a certain light would be left alone by government officials at that convention.
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You sure about that?
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My undergrad lit prof unironically self publishes bipoc space communism stories *sips tea*
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end gen ed reqs NAO!
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SciFi peaked about 50 years ago tbh, who needs to read anything written since the Internet was invented
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Who cares. Anyone who would care about quality would recognize the Hugo award as something to avoid regardless of who's rigging it.
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How dare you hate on my beloved @sandkwinn
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I hate fandoms
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