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Are you aware that they asked the author who gave his blessing to "adapt" the series to a global audience?

Also, giving up because there is a strong female arch? Damn. Macho much?

I have heard PRC-native Chinese females complain about misogyny in the original text, so I think they are getting out ahead of something here.

Yes, the original text clearly has issues. Like when the author explains that it's really a shame that the UN secretary general is a woman when the crisis happens, because a man would have handled the impeding war better. He backpedals a bit in book 3 - suddenly that secretary general is a shrewd political operator who managed to make the UN powerful through various schemes.

Also, don't call women "females", wtf??

I generally don't, I was following GP.

Shi Qiang's assistant on the true adaptation (the Chinese series), is a female character that is smart and strong without having to give her super-powers so the modern audience can indulge in their delusions.

Adaptations should stick to the source material, not bend over backwards to appease the culture war zealots.

I'm confused: the book had a strong female character, and the TV show added the same strong female character because culture war?

I'm assuming it's a two-step thing where "strong female with superpowers" offends, not strong female arch[sic].

What were the offending superpowers?

Read the books, watch the shows, post a comment. That should be your character arc.

Okay lets say I'm like the other commenters, read it, and still don't know. How can I check in with you again on what the superpowers are?

If it makes you feel any better https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2024/03/29/more-bodies-mo...

Superpowers? Delusions? What are you talking about? I literally just watched the show (and read the book a few years ago). I cannot tell what you are referring to. Everything that happens in the show, happened in the book too, as far as I can tell.

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