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Monty Python meets 1984: China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

By Tom Rogan
Published April 3, 2020 9:10pm ET
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Monty Python meets 1984: China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In its statements toward the West, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivers an almost surreal measure of deception. Indeed, the ministry might best be described as a blending of Monty Python and the Ministry of Truth from George Orwell’s 1984. Don’t believe me? Then take this gem of a tweet from the ministry on […]

In its statements toward the West, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivers an almost surreal measure of deception. Indeed, the ministry might best be described as a blending of Monty Python and the Ministry of Truth from George Orwell’s 1984.

Don’t believe me? Then take this gem of a tweet from the ministry on Friday.

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