An eye-catching sight: Visitors walking next to a giant sculpture at the 2023 World Science Fiction Convention in Chengdu, in China’s southwest Sichuan province. — AFP
Women writers are taking the Chinese science fiction scene by storm, with their increasing prominence in one of the genre’s most noticeable trends, according to participants at a major convention in Chengdu this week.
Worldcon – the world’s oldest and most influential sci-fi gathering – is taking place in China for the first time, drawing hordes of eager local fans of all genders.
