China’s most popular science fiction is about a world ruled by China
In the West, you commonly hear science fiction authors claiming that it's impossible to write about the near future — the march of technology and the rise of new advances make predictions a futile endeavour. But Chinese science fiction has no such inhibition, according to a new article in the L.A. Times — and for the most part, Chinese SF authors are boldly predicting a world in which China has become the world’s only superpower and the United States has fallen into decadence…