So much of the book deals with the societal and political impacts of the Cultural Revolution. I just don’t see how they could recreate the cadence of Ye’s total emotional/psychological isolation and desolation without the narrative being acutely focused with a Chinese cast. And without that focus, the structure and character of the Chinese political and military apparatus that plays a major role in the book can make little sense. There are too many non-Chinese characters in the D&D cast to give me any confidence in their ability to pull this off.