Liu Cixin Partners With Chinese AI Giant on ‘Three-Body’ Experience

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SenseTime plans to adapt the Hugo Award-winning author’s sci-fi series into an “immersive entertainment” product. Read More

Viewers Give ‘Three-Body’ Animated Series Two Thumbs Up

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China’s sci-fi industry has attracted significant interest and growth in recent years, generating 45.6 billion yuan ($6.5 billion) in 2018, a threefold increase from 2017, according to a report released in November at an annual science fiction conference. Read More

5 Chinese Films to Watch on Netflix This Summer

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From sci-fi smash hits to lowkey LGBTQ dramas, here's our pick of Netflix's Chinese-language offerings to get you through those long summer nights. Read More

Headlines from China: FIRST International Film Festival to Open with ‘The Horse Thief’ and ‘Parasite’ 

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The selection of the two films reflects the theme of this year's Festival: Back to FIRST, Back to Future. Read More

New Sci-Fi Series Has Fans Asking, Can ‘Three-Body’ Be Filmed?

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Liu Cixin’s best known work is getting a television adaptation. So why aren’t more fans celebrating? Read More

To Community and Beyond: Chinese Sci-Fi’s Next Giant Leap

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By shining a light on works from a wide range of innovative and thoughtful authors — from ice giants like Liu Cixin to fiery comets like Hao Jingfang — the influential magazine Science Fiction World has played a crucial role in Chinese sci-fi’s rise to acclaim. Read More

Chinese Sci-Fi Blockbuster Draws Crowds on Opening Day

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‘The Wandering Earth’ — a big-budget adaptation of a Liu Cixin novel — is expected to spark deeper interest in homegrown science fiction. Read More

Sci-Fi Phenom Liu Cixin on Fame, Morality and the Future

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The New Yorker called him “the Sir Arthur C. Clarke of China” and one of the most respected writers of classic science fiction. He counts Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg among his fans. Read More

Headlines from China: Sci-fi Film Based on Liu Cixin’s Novel Set for Chinese New Year Release

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The Wandering Earth, an upcoming science fiction film based on Liu Cixin’s novel of the same name, has been scheduled to release during the lucrative Chinese new year season. Read More

The Three-Book Problem: Why Chinese Sci-Fi Still Struggles

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Liu Cixin’s epic trilogy was expected to take Chinese science fiction into a new era, but the genre is still far from its lofty ambitions. Read More