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Re:Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fea... by est on Saturday February 17, 2024 @10:52PM (#39416017)
I've seen this narrative going arond the Interwebz for years, but in my memory China took retaliation measures before covid happened, during of Trump's trade war.

> https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN287099/

> Australia's ties with top trade partner China soured in 2018 when it became the first country to publicly ban China's Huawei from its 5G

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Re:Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fea... by justinclift on Sunday February 18, 2024 @02:09AM (#39416886)
Isn't it more that relations with China already weren't fantastic when Covid started, and the above mentioned request for an investigation just made things worse?
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