News Analysis
Zhao Lijian, the spokesperson who best represented the Chinese regime’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy, was recently moved to a new role, the deputy director general of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs. China experts say the move indicates that Beijing is adopting a new approach to its global diplomacy.
Zhao has disappeared from the foreign ministry’s daily press briefing since Dec. 2, 2022. China observers say the new post is a demotion because it is not a typical career path for a foreign ministry spokesperson under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Zhao was a deputy director general of the Information Department and the 31st spokesman appointed by the CCP, and now he has an obscure role in the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs….