‘Wolf warrior’ diplomacy’s long pedigree in China, and the man who gave birth to it: Zhou Enlai

Source: China – South China Morning PostChina’s Civilian Army by Peter Martin, Oxford University Press

Much has been written recently of a new tone of aggression in Chinese diplomacy, which has earned the country’s diplomats the title of “wolf warriors”, after the 2017 Chinese Rambo-like blockbuster film Wolf Warrior 2.

“Even though a thousand miles away, anyone who affronts China will pay,” read the tagline on the film’s advertising.

To write China’s Civilian Army, Bloomberg’s Peter Martin interviewed dozens of diplomats, and…Read More