XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 3/5/24 5:23 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > Cryptoengineer   wrote:   
   >> Seeing as a Chinese edition has been published, in China, I don't think   
   >> they objected to the book. Its disqualification seems to have been at   
   >> the hands of a clueless and craven committee of Westerners.   
   >>   
   >> The Opium Wars and in particular, the destruction of the Summer Palace,   
   >> are a staple of current Chinese criticism of the West. The period is   
   >> known as 'The Century of Humiliation'.   
   >   
   > This is clear and evident before the book was even read.  But what I didn't   
   > realize before reading it was just how fun a book it was.   
   > --scott   
   >   
   >   
   It does seem that something good may have come out of this, namely that   
   more people will be motivated to get Kuang's book and read it.  Getting   
   publicity in news stories in the MYT et al can't be bad for her.   
      
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