Hao Jingfang
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About the Author
Hao Jingfang is a Chinese author born on July 27, 1984 in Tianjin, China. She studied and worked in physics at the Tsinghua University. Later her interests turned to economics and earned a doctoral degree in economics. She currently works as an economic researcher at China Development Research show more Foundation. She has continued to develop her writing since high school, from winning the 2002 first prize at the 4th national high school "New Concept" writing competition, to winning the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette for her work Folding Beijing. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (2016) — Contributor — 552 copies
SFマガジン 2019年 04 月号 — Contributor — 1 copy
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At times it seems like a blend of Indiana Jones and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with a beginners 101 course in historical Chinese philosophy thrown in. But the result is, mostly, a fun ride.
I often feel that scifi tells you less about aliens and possible scientific futures, and more about the lives and domestic concerns of the author. Just as John Wyndham's sci-fi reflected post-WW2 social ills, this book gives an insight into Chinese attitudes to the role and status of their country as China re-emerges as a major power.… (more)