China is very touchy today about criticism of its inhumane rights regime, but who else managed to miss this truly remarkable take from a few months ago on the persecution of its Muslim minority from Lijian Zhao, a Chinese foreign ministry official with all the self-awareness of Titania McGrath:

Zhao is talking about the 22 countries – which by late last month had become 24 – which collectively voiced their concern at the United Nations about the Chinese government’s abuse of human rights in the western Xinjiang province.