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Western authors, for financial and intellectual reasons, are trying to break into the fast-growing Chinese book market, despite the strict censorship imposed by the Chinese government.
The Chinese government starts censoring novels through the acquisitions process, only allowing ISBN (International Standard Book Numbers) to be given to books that advance Chinese culture and rejecting novels that might be deemed objectionable to the state.
Western authors are beginning to follow in the path of Hollywood, which has consciously incorporated Chinese characters that flatter Chinese audiences, in order to move their books forward in this market. There are also more authors and journalists producing books that demonstrate a more nuanced portrait, which is considered appropriate, of the complex and fast-changing Chinese civilization.
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