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Gangsters and geishas mingle in this Asian-influenced future. In Whedon's scenario, the U.S. and China have been the two ruling powers for many years; everyone speaks Chinese and English and signs in both languages are scrawled on the ship's walls.

The action occurs in a galaxy where numerous planets and moons have been colonized and "terraformed" or converted to Earthlike habitable spaces.

These various worlds look much like the Southern California of "Stagecoach."

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Originally posted by Haken:

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Gangsters and geishas mingle in this Asian-influenced future. In Whedon's scenario, the U.S. and China have been the two ruling powers for many years; everyone speaks Chinese and English and signs in both languages are scrawled on the ship's walls.

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Now, you would think that there might be more Asian characters on the series. I wonder if that's going to happen. Whedon's series have been pretty homogeneous (not counting demons and such) in the past.

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Originally posted by Haken:
I wonder if Joss consults an actual Chinese (or at least someone very familiar with Chinese culture) to make sure the Chinese aspect of the series is correct.

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Originally posted by mojoeca:
In the shot on this site where 2 Alliance men are standing in front of a comp display looking at each other, one looks Asian. So, that's one.

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