Tag: Orwells

‘China has become like Orwell’s 1984 – people live in fear’

At Heathrow a few weeks ago, the London-based Chinese journalist Xinran picked up a young Chinese student who was visiting England for a holiday. On the way into London, Xinran asked her how things were in her home country. “The girl told me lots of people had been losing their jobs,” Xinran says. “I asked […]