Honestly, what Cixin Liu says in the afterword about there already being an AI city project in Baoding blew my mind as did his statements about the very real current impact of social media and internet on Chinese society which gives me a whole new perspective on this book to be honest. The other missing variable is organized crime which I feel would have a non-negligible and negative impact on the outcome. As for the scenario, and avoiding spoilers, I felt that it was too focused on China vs the US and a bit dismissive of - in particular - Africa and Australia which are never even mentioned. I felt that the translation by Joel Martinsen was a bit stuff at times (much like his translation of Dark Forest which I felt was weaker than those of Ken Liu for The Three-Body Problem and Death's End).
This is an interesting piece of speculative science fiction meant to answer the question: what if the world was run by kids 12 and under? I found that Cixin Liu’s answer was imaginative and made for a brisk read.
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