26 February 1996 An English tourist in Moscow, being chased by the Soviet authorities over some misunderstanding, runs into the British embassy to escape the police. He’s surprised to find that the embassy is full of Chinese with posters of Mao hanging on the walls. But he’s assured he got the right building. In confusion […]

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