Science fiction awards held in China under fire for excluding authors
There's a worrying tendency of (cash strapped or just greedy?) western institutions to collaborate with totalitarian regimes while submitting to their rules. This lends legitimacy to the regime while subverting the prestige of the institution.
There was no communication between the Hugo administration team and the Chinese government in any official manner.
This almost sounds like an admission that there was communication in an inofficial manner.