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In researching how people are reacting to the Chengdu Worldcon, I
discovered that in 2020, some US senators tried to pressure Netflix into
not running an adaptation of Cixin Liu's _The Three-Body Problem_. They
don't seem to like Cixin's stated views. Sounds like something the
Chinese government would do.
I've read _The Three-Body Problem_ but not the subsequent books. The
opening overtly shows how horrible the Cultural Revolution was. By the
end, aliens are using nanotech surveillance to interfere with the
advancement of science on Earth.
To me, this could be read as a subtle criticism of the Chinese
government. If so, I'm impressed that he got away with it. Cixin has
defended the Chinese government's treatment of the Uyghurs when asked,
but what else could he do if he ever wanted to be published again?
I'm wondering how others interpret his views, either within the novels
or in general.
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Gary McGath
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