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David Burrows @dburrows.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

As predictions go, this summary of the world of Maureen F McHugh’s China Mountain Zhang (1992) by Jo Walton seems pretty plausible at the minute

This is a world dominated by China. At some time in the past, the USA has had a proletarian revo-lution, and at some time only about fifteen years ago has had the Cleansing Winds Campaign, an overwhelming event like the Cultural Revolution in China. Global warming has made much of the interior of the USA uninhabitable. Mars is being settled. Everything is socialist, but there are cracks.

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