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Chung Kuo
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Chung Kuo is a series of eight or more novels by David Wingrove. Two hundred years in the future, China rules the world. The first book starts by invoking the rotted axe handle fable. Several characters play the game over boards and against computers. It is used in many places as a metaphor for developments in the novels. Wingrove wrote in a note that Wei Qi "is not merely the world's oldest game but its most elegant" (paraphrased). He drew inspiration from The Game of Wei Qi by the Italian Count Pecorini and Tan Shu, 1929, republished 1991. The books in the series are:
Winograd (Wingrove??) taught English in Taiwan for a period. This is a copy of the living page "Chung Kuo" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |