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<blockquote data-quote="EKovarr" data-source="post: 9268003" data-attributes="member: 7044826"><p>Okay, pulling up what McCarty said:</p><p></p><p>"In addition to the regular technical review, as we are happening in China and the 'laws' [note the quotations] we operate under are different . . . we need to highlight anything of a sensitive political nature in the work" to determine if there's a law against it and requires an administrative decision.</p><p></p><p>There was a reply which started, "Fan Writer potential issues:</p><p>"This category has the potential to be problematic . . . for most non-Chinese fan writers. </p><p> . . .I'm putting out examples of both [things that might be 'negatives of China] I can find for these fan writers out of an abundance of caution because I'm assuming we're talking about the safety of our Chinese con-running friends."</p><p></p><p>The people at a Worldcon don't have the same reaction to the West, they're trying to connect Eastern and Western fandom. I think the relative part the abundance of caution so as not to endanger our friends and fellow con-runners. Which they are.</p><p></p><p>Obviously I'm a conrunner and have been writing from that point of view. I wasn't involved with Chengdu but can put myself in someone's place and think about how I'd handle it. Totally new place, new customs, a form of gov't I'm not familiar with, also knowing fans I'm not going to entirely believe the friend who breezily said, "Oh, I'll be fine!" just before the same sort of thing showed up in a newspaper. And they might be fine with everything they're doing and I'm being insulting. Nevertheless they've never hosted a Western convention before, for all I know they may be affected by political changes, and it's a balance between knowing they've put on a lot of conventions and worry that we Westerners may get them in serious trouble. I'd go for a - perhaps - overabundance of caution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EKovarr, post: 9268003, member: 7044826"] Okay, pulling up what McCarty said: "In addition to the regular technical review, as we are happening in China and the 'laws' [note the quotations] we operate under are different . . . we need to highlight anything of a sensitive political nature in the work" to determine if there's a law against it and requires an administrative decision. There was a reply which started, "Fan Writer potential issues: "This category has the potential to be problematic . . . for most non-Chinese fan writers. . . .I'm putting out examples of both [things that might be 'negatives of China] I can find for these fan writers out of an abundance of caution because I'm assuming we're talking about the safety of our Chinese con-running friends." The people at a Worldcon don't have the same reaction to the West, they're trying to connect Eastern and Western fandom. I think the relative part the abundance of caution so as not to endanger our friends and fellow con-runners. Which they are. Obviously I'm a conrunner and have been writing from that point of view. I wasn't involved with Chengdu but can put myself in someone's place and think about how I'd handle it. Totally new place, new customs, a form of gov't I'm not familiar with, also knowing fans I'm not going to entirely believe the friend who breezily said, "Oh, I'll be fine!" just before the same sort of thing showed up in a newspaper. And they might be fine with everything they're doing and I'm being insulting. Nevertheless they've never hosted a Western convention before, for all I know they may be affected by political changes, and it's a balance between knowing they've put on a lot of conventions and worry that we Westerners may get them in serious trouble. I'd go for a - perhaps - overabundance of caution. [/QUOTE]
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