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The Oval Portrait
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Bill Birtles: The Truth About China: Propaganda, patriotism and the search for answers [2022] paperback ZMYTH The Oval Portrait'People abroad always thought things were much scarier in China than they really were. What threw me, though, was the urgency of the diplomats in Beijing. They live it, they get it. And they wanted me out.' Bill Birtles was rushed out of China in September 2020, forced to seek refuge in the Australian Embassy in Beijing while diplomats delicately negotiated his departure in an unprecedented standoff with China's government. Five days later he was on a
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