I love his movie "Better Days" that was released in 2019. A story about bullying and love. Anyhoo, as for the 3 Body problem series on Netflix, I understand why it's been sanitized and made to cater towards western audience sensibilities which is to cast China in a bad light.
The focused on the Cultural revolution was emphasized, the showing of ecological destruction etc. are all subtle but effective in making people reinforce their already negative perceptions and belief on China. It's unfortunate, but that's done to avoid, comfort the America viewers and innoculate the produces, director (Netflix) from the inevitable attack from the loudest anti-China folks which unfortunately include a high number of Chinese ethnic groups. Like the HK losers, the Falun Gong losers, the CCP corrupt losers, criminals, Indian losers, Filipinos, Taiwanese etc....
If on the other hand the series was allowed to be shown in China and western media can make so much Xi bucks in the country, the western media company would have made the needed change to their "ARTISTIC FREEDOM."
I really don't understand why many of us get so vexed about this issue when we know already the reasons why.
Westerners and it's chihuahuas will use the scene of cultural revolution from the show as their education and expertise on all things Chinese (LOL) while the actual reality is that China is forging ahead in leaps and bounds trying to achieve its strategic goals and making them a reality one at a time. That's something that no amount of twitter ridicule can wish to erase.
