Several works receiving large numbers of votes were ruled ineligible for unstated reasons, which from leaked emails appears to be the US-based administrators unilaterally deciding that they might cause political offence.
A number of Chinese-language nominations appear to have been entirely disallowed.
The second, in what seems to be a mass disenfranchisement of Chinese voters, means that the composition of the shortlists, as they were presented to be voted on, was entirely unreliable, with an unknown number of Chinese nominees denied their chance at contending.
It's a shame, but this is probably the best response any of the 2023 Hugo winners can give at this point. Still, I can only imagine the emotional roller coaster of winning a Hugo and then watching this entire train wreck unfold.
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