How long will it take someone to spin an improbable Yellow Menace scenario about Them taking over Worldcon?
Third comment, comment not the fault of the hosts at File 770:
Mind you, the commenter isn't much keener on India or Africa.
Third comment, comment not the fault of the hosts at File 770:
Another point to consider, is that with covert government involvement and 1.2 billion potential members, it would be easy for a Chinese bid to win every year one was eligible … and to change the constitution so that one was eligible every year. Not the most likely of scenarios, I grant you, since the Chinese government has larger fish to stir fry, but government involvement at some level is a certainty, and it may not be far below the surface.
Mind you, the commenter isn't much keener on India or Africa.