A new show announcement from Netflix has set off a firestorm in China

[Andy Meek]

• Chinese sci-fi fans have begun expressing skepticism online following the news that the Game of Thrones showrunners are adapting the celebrated Chinese novel The Three-Body Problem as a new series for the streamer.
• The worries involve such concerns as the new Netflix series possibly ending up being too "American-ized," with key elements of its Chinese-centric story removed or dramatically changed to suit different audiences.
• Fans of The Three-Body Problem include President Obama and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have a tough challenge on their hands when it comes to the ambitious new sci-fi project they're bringing to fruition for Netflix. It's not just that their newly announced series -- an adaptation of Chinese author Liu Cixin's highly acclaimed novel The Three-Body Problem -- is an epic, sweeping in its scope and in the expansiveness of the story of a group of people who work to bring about an alien invasion of Earth.

The team behind the forthcoming series also faces the daunting task of convincing Chinese sci-fi fans and lovers of the story first published in China back in 2008 that the two men responsible for one of the most disappointing TV seasons in history (Game of Thrones' eighth and final season) won't make similar work of Cixin's novel.

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