Analysis

Disinformation is the name of the game for China

Harley Dennett
Updated December 1 2020 - 7:39am, first published 4:30am
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian has pinned the tweet which sparked a diplomatic row to the top of his Twitter profile page. Picture: Getty Images
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian has pinned the tweet which sparked a diplomatic row to the top of his Twitter profile page. Picture: Getty Images

Chinese senior official Zhao Lijian has pinned his offensive and dishonest tweet to the top of his profile page.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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