The joke goes - When the rest of the world took Orwell's 1984 as a warning, China used it as a model. However, that joke really isn't true, because all the cou

The joke goes - When the rest of the world took Orwell's 1984 as a warning, China used it as a model. However, that joke really isn't true, because all the countries took it as a model, it's just that China seems to be somewhat proud of that fact, whereas the rest tried to do it covertly.