Re:The Rise and Rise of Chinese Science Fiction
by jandrese on Monday January 14, 2019 @03:10PM
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All of human society is treated pretty poorly in those books. People make fundamental society level decisions once and never ever re-examine those decisions, even when the circumstances are wildly different. For the most part everybody who isn't a named character is a total sheep and a total idiot. Many of the name characters (even the protagonist in some cases) aren't much better.
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Re:The Rise and Rise of Chinese Science Fiction
by tabtab on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @05:17PM
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In Chinese culture, rocking the boat is generally heavily discouraged and decisions by family heads and/or leaders are not to be questioned or second-guessed. It's again another hint there may be some cultural differences that readers in the USA and other democracies find odd. (Yes, I know the USA is arguably not a democracy, but I don't want to get into a vocabulary or political debate here.)