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 as a species that coexist peacefully with Chinese people in southwestern China, and compared them to Western politicians. Li wrote, “Yunnan, China, elephants are sleeping. Elephants live in peace with Chinese people, so they have their own paradise there. Some Western politicians just want to provoke and suppress China, they will only encounter shotguns in China!!!” Many Chinese netizens criticized Li’s post and responded with sarcastic comments such as: “Thank-you for showing how peaceful China is by threatening Western politicians.” “As long as you are not a Uyghur or any other ethnic group, you can …