Category: Wolf Warrior diplomacy

China’s Political System Breeds ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomats, Author Says

In recent years, the Chinese regime’s diplomats have been tagged with the moniker “wolf warriors” over their bellicose rhetoric directed at their foreign counterparts. While this label is relatively new, the controversial behaviors in question can trace its roots going back decades, according to an author on the topic. “That kind of combative fighting spirit…


Taiwan President Meets French Senators and Former Australian PM

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen met with four French senators and a former Australian PM in recent days as Beijing’s air incursions near Taiwan surged for a week since Oct. 1. On Oct. 7, President Tsai Ing-Wen met the French delegation in Taipei, Reuters reported. She thanked them for the visit amid Beijing’s mounting pressure on the…


The Spider Dragon’s Long-Term Goals of Dominating the World

Commentary With great fanfare, Chinese leader Xi Jinping launched two strategic initiatives in 2013 aimed at building a worldwide colonial empire and restoring China to world leadership: the Belt and Road Initiative (also known as “One Belt, One Road”) and Made in China 2025. These have been showcased and explained since then as being primarily…


Chinese Communist Party Sycophant Seeks to Redefine American Exceptionalism (and Fails)

Commentary An agitprop article in China’s state-run media continues the relentless ChiCom (Chinese Communist) theme that America is in decline. The Global Times published an article titled, “US is no longer exceptional, but it takes time to accept this fact,” and was written by the longtime China apologist Martin Jacques. He wrote, “9/11, and the…


The US-China Talks Highlight Four Facts

The U.S.-China talks in China’s Tianjin concluded with no specific outcomes over divergent values. However, the accusatory statements and wolf-warrior tactics revealed the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) true intentions and concerns. Early this year, the CCP leader Xi Jinping claimed that “time and momentum are on China’s side.” He also made judgments that “the East…


Giving Middle Finger to China’s ‘Enemies’, Beijing’s Wolf Warrior Diplomacy Turned into Rogue Diplomacy

Beijing’s wolf warrior diplomacy was seen as more offensive after Zhang Heqing, a CCP diplomat in Pakistan, tweeted an image of a middle finger, which attracted global attention. Former diplomats and experts said that China’s foreign policy has evolved into “middle finger diplomacy,” “rogue diplomacy,” or “mad dog diplomacy.” Zhang Heqing, cultural counselor at the…


In China, the Pot Is Calling the Kettle Black

After 26 years in operation, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apply Daily was forced to shut down on June 24, after Beijing froze its assets and arrested several of its journalists for violating the “National Security Law.” “It is a sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong and around the world,” President Joe Biden said in…


While the CCP Turns 100, China Battles an ‘Unfavorable Image’

Commentary July 1 marks the centenary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It also marks the timeline of the first agenda on Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream—building a well-off and prosperous society by 2021. While the CCP-led China has transformed from Mao to Xi in the last 100 years, China still battles to…


Are China’s ‘Wolf Warriors’ Gone?

Commentary In early June, Chinese leader Xi Jinping created a sensation when he urged officials to create a more “lovable” (可愛的) China. As reported by state news agency Xinhua, the country must “make friends extensively, unite the majority, and continuously expand its circle of friends with those who understand and are friendly to China.” Since…


China’s Ambassador to Brazil Criticized by Netizens for Provoking the West With ‘Shotgun Diplomacy’

China’s diplomat in Brazil demonstrated Beijing’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy on social media, but the post was immediately removed after it triggered backlash among Chinese netizens. The Twitter post by Li Yang, the Chinese consul general in Rio de Janeiro, warned the West about criticizing China. He posted a photo of sleeping elephants, which he described…