Dana Fried on Nostr: It was not just one mistake to hold the Hugo Awards in Chengdu this year. The first ...
It was not just one mistake to hold the Hugo Awards in Chengdu this year.
The first mistake was holding a con in a place where acceptance speeches could be punished for illegal speech.
The second mistake was holding a con where the government could disqualify candidates.
The final mistake was holding a con where - when the government inevitably put its thumb on the scale - the organization couldn't even acknowledge what had happened for the safety of its members.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/24/science-fiction-awards-held-in-china-under-fire-for-excluding-authors
The first mistake was holding a con in a place where acceptance speeches could be punished for illegal speech.
The second mistake was holding a con where the government could disqualify candidates.
The final mistake was holding a con where - when the government inevitably put its thumb on the scale - the organization couldn't even acknowledge what had happened for the safety of its members.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/24/science-fiction-awards-held-in-china-under-fire-for-excluding-authors