Hugo Award to open new chapter for Chinese sci-fi

Chinese writer Liu Cixin has become the first Asian author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel, receiving the 2015 honor for his book, The Three-Body Problem.

The prize was announced by astronaut Kjell Lindgren in a live feed from the International Space Station on Sunday.

"I'm of course very happy to win this award," Liu told the Sina news website. "The Three-Body trilogy is my best work, but there are also places I wish I was able to revise. Since it has been published, I can't."