An uncomfortable new journey to the West

News of a US adaptation of a beloved Chinese fantasy tale is unsettling many people in China. But it's a positive sign that Chinese culture is being accepted by a growing populace around the world. Whether it'll be a success does not depend on how close it hews to the original source, writes Raymond Zhou.

One of China's most loved literary characters will soon be reincarnated on US screens, and that's causing discomfort to quite a few Chinese.

The Monkey King, aka Journey to the West, is being adapted by the US cable channel AMC into a drama series and is slated to debut next year or in early 2016, under the name Badlands.