Central Leadership
First appears in Book 1: The Three-Body Problem, chapter 13 (13)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
What you know
Book 1: The Three-Body Problem
- Ch 13Rejected the first draft of the message as "utter crap" and ordered the Cultural Revolution leadership kept out of Red Coast.
- Ch 13Argued that China should also send messages into space so extraterrestrials hear more than one side of humanity.
- Ch 13Said the project let them think from a high vantage point, and hoped neutral extraterrestrial bystanders could judge whether humans are heroes or villains.
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 13Red Coast planning and message drafting
Documents show the Red Coast Project's goals, search and transmission plans, and message drafts. Central Leadership rejected a crude first draft and favored a peaceful, carefully composed fourth draft.