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Liu Cixin on the Future of China through Chinese Science Fiction

Category: Education
Duration: 00:50:36
Publish Date: 2015-11-03 00:00:00
Description: In this Sydney Ideas lecture China's est-selling contemporary science fiction author Liu Cixin, winner of the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel, talked about how his vision for modern China is reflected in his work. Professor Song Mingwei, critic and literary scholar at Wellesley College, USA, was in conversation with Liu Cixin to talk about the growing popularity of science fiction in China, and how it reflects the population’s longing for, but anxiety about, development and its unknown impact on humanity. For further info see this page: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2015/liu_cixin.shtml
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