The new Netflix series “3 Body Problem” isn’t really about China’s Cultural Revolution or US culture wars. The science fiction epic, adapted from Liu Cixin’s Hugo award-winning novel, is more ...

The story that 3 Body Problem tells spans roughly 60 years. It begins during China’s Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, and it follows a young Ye Wenjie (Zine Tseng) as the traumatic losses she ...

Showrunner Alexander Woo writes about accurately portraying the political violence of the Cultural Revolution in China, rarely depicted onscreen, from a personal place. By Alexander Woo A few months ...

For conservatives, the opening minutes of the show are a broadside against woke cancel culture. Progressives see it as warning about what happens when science and truth come under attack. Who is right ...

Everything that happens in 3 Body Problem is because of the actions of Ye Wenjie, a brilliant astrophysicist who witnesses the death of her father during the Cultural Revolution and the destruction of ...

Frank Herbert's Dune has become far more popular through its adaptation by Denis Villeneuve, whose first two installments established a new benchmark for science fiction in the 2020s. Whether ...

The Netflix series showcases one of the country’s most successful works of culture. Instead of demonstrating pride, social media is condemning it. By Li Yuan The first five minutes of the Netflix ...

There's an underlying theme that runs through 3 Body Problem, both the Chinese TV series and the Netflix series, and that is the desperate human need to believe in a God or higher power and the ...

"3 Body Problem" is based on Liu Cixin's "Remembrance of Earth's Past" novel trilogy. Here are nine of the biggest differences between the show and books. Warning: Major spoilers ahead for season one ...