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The Dark Room Problem
Award-winning sci-fi author Chen Qiufan investigates how technology manipulates our consciousness in this short story
Ready to Launch: A Guide to China’s Latest Science Fiction Writers
Chinese science fiction is finally being translated into English beyond Liu Cixin’s famous Three-Body Problem
Exploring Humanity’s Many Possible AI Futures | Book Review
Entrepreneur Kai-Fu Lee and sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan weave fiction and technical explanation to illustrate the opportunities and pitfalls of artificial intelligence
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The Revenge Rocks | Fiction
Yang Ping's sci-fi story explores the darker side of humanity's space ambitions
2021: A Mars Camp Odyssey
As China’s space program sets its sights on the Red Planet, a barren desert in Qinghai is becoming an oasis for simulated space travel
Chinese Sci-Fi Inspired by Mars
As China's Mars mission sends images and data back to Earth, we look at Chinese sci-fi stories inspired by the Red Planet
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Starside Economy
A street stall seller finds himself at the center of an interplanetary business deal in Wang Nuonuo’s sci-fi short story
A Life in the Day
A wife trapped in an abusive marriage seeks help—and makes a shocking discovery
Chinese Sci-Fi on Screen
China’s sci-fi tradition is mostly in novel form, but it occasionally makes it way to screens big and small
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