As a long time science fiction reader I really enjoyed the book for the uniquely Chinese perspective - worth reading for that alone. Personally I rate the basic

As a long time science fiction reader I really enjoyed the book for the uniquely Chinese perspective - worth reading for that alone. Personally I rate the basic story premise as okay but not the most audacious SF I've ever read and the approach used in the first book to extract the disk drives from a hostile ship verged on idiotic. But, like I said, worth reading for the insights into Chinese culture.