Dressing well was also not limited to the rich and famous. A reader sent me pics of his grandpa, born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to a working-class Chinese family. He immigrated to London and then Canada, where he worked in an auto parts store and by installing light fixtures.

This is a very common tankie take when it comes to China on democracy and human rights.

My favourite genre is ‘we shouldn’t force the whole LGBTQA+ rights thing on China because it’s a western invention’ which implies there were no queer people before white folks came along.

“The decision was made to appease the pro-Israel lobbyists who would inevitably escalate their complaints about the ABC employing a presenter they perceived to have antisemitic and anti-Israel opinions in such a public position,” the judgment went on.