Does Science Fiction Allow for Government Criticism

[Nelson Ta]

I was very fascinated with the themes presented by Folding Beijing because the explanation provided by Professor Bernards seem to insinuate the differences in class.  It somewhat seemed critical of the system to me and I wonder if the Chinese government cares about themes that challenge their principles. Considering that the country cracks down on Google and social media sites, it would be interesting to see if they would censor a science fiction piece that was an allegory or analogy of the tyranny of the government. What if an author wrote about the protests in Hong Kong but instead of Hong Kong, it was placed on Mars.