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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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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.
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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.
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w a t but go off
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