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Originally Posted by ARM X Author
Very informative thread! I haven't had much experience specifically with Chinese fantasy, but fantasy titles from East Asia in general have always been on par with Western fantasy from my experience. It's just that they don't get as much exposure.
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They are now getting a lot of exposure thanks to fan translations. This community took off only in the last year or so.
The most popular fan translation site (Wuxiaworld) is getting a lot of readers
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wuxiaworld.com
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Global Rank 1,615
Rank in United States 1,020
Daily Unique Visitors
255,766
Daily Pageviews
3,504,971
Monthly Unique Visitors
2,543,149
Monthly Pageviews
102,368,827
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Why is it so popular?
1. The fan translation is free to read.
2. The stories are AMAZING and very ADDICTIVE. Just as good as Western fantasy. These stories have earned millions of USD in royalties for the Chinese authors.