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The Hugos sci-fi literary awards scandal

Neil Gaiman, R.F. Kuang and Xiran Jay Zhao were deemed ineligible for works that are "sensitive" to China

Salon · Feb 16, 2024

Authors ‘excluded from Hugo awards over China concerns’

Leaked emails reveal organisers of leading science fiction and fantasy awards flagged works of a ‘sensitive political nature’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2024

Science fiction awards held in China under fire for excluding authors

Concerns raised about interference or censorship after documents showed writers were barred despite receiving enough nominations

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2024

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Publisher drops author for using fake accounts to ‘review-bomb’ peers

Cait Corrain, whose book Crown of Starlight was due to be published next year, admits to leaving notices ‘that ranged from kind of mean to downright abusive’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023

The Goodreads "review bombing" scandal

A debut author has lost her book deal after being accused of "review bombing" other authors

Salon · Dec 13, 2023

Debut author admits creating fake profiles to flood other books with nasty reviews

Cait Corrain said she was ‘sorrier than you can ever know’ for her actions, which caused her to be dropped by her agent, publisher and distributor

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023

The Chinese Guardian statue taken during the Boxer Rebellion

This Boxer Rebellion relic, an ancient Chinese guardian statue, represents stories of massacres, humiliation and colonial trauma. So how did it get to Sydney?

ABC News · Nov 21, 2022

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Transmigration: How Chinese and South Korean dramas invented a new time-travel approach

Transmigration dramas take a different approach to time-travel, enrapturing audiences seeking fantasy fulfillment and nostalgia.

Inverse · May 13, 2022

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