Commentary Xi Jinping’s recent speech on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) overseas propaganda, in which he called on Chinese officials to create a “credible, lovable, and respectable” image for China, has gone viral on the internet. Xi made the remarks at the CCP’s Politburo study session on May 31. He also called on the top Chinese officials to appear “open and confident, yet modest and humble” in front of the international community. The CCP’s overseas propaganda policy is commonly known as “da wai xuan,” the literal translation in English is “big foreign propaganda.” It involves huge amounts of both manpower and money to spread the CCP’s narrative and ideology to foreign countries, thus achieving its goal of telling China’s story—the CCP’s way. The general interpretation of Xi’s words is that the aggressive image of the CCP’s “wolf warrior” diplomats is annoying, thus the CCP is prepared to tone down its aggression and project …