Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a news conference in Beijing, China April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins - RC280G9CQCV1from combative foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian. His transfer follows other de-escalatory moves, thawing relations with major trading partners including Australia, Japan and the United States. It will still take years to undo the diplomatic and economic damage his pack of “wolf warriors” has done to Chinese interests.
Professional diplomats will cheer Zhao’s removal from the podium. The outspoken official spent the last three years spouting anti-Western rhetoric during media briefings and pandering to Covid-19 conspiracy theories. His transfer to another department, while not a demotion on paper, effectively silences him. It follows the appointment of former U.S. envoy Qin Gang as China’s new foreign minister, who has already called for healthier relations with Washington.
However, it is not clear exactly why Zhao was removed. His wife’s blog posts, in which she rhapsodised about life in Europe even as the People’s Republic locked down, set off a mini-firestorm on domestic social media in late November. Zhao was also ridiculed for being caught off-guard by a Reuters reporters’ question about protests that erupted in major Chinese cities over pandemic lockdowns.Chinese moderates have criticised the wolf warriors’ competence.
, away from job-creating projects toward speculative flows dressed up as FDI. Beijing’s wolfish sanctions on European lawmakers sabotaged a bilateral investment deal. With the Western democracies demonstrating the durability of their power in Ukraine without firing a shot, Chinese pandemic policy in shambles and its economy reeling, it’s unsurprising if the wolf warriors are quieting their howl. But Chinese policy is a pendulum that swings between extremes. If the wolves have been sent back to their dens for now, they are sure to emerge again.
tweet4852 petesweeneypro There are 1.4b Zhao Lijians in China 🇨🇳. ChinaIsOurEnemy
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Breakingviews petesweeneypro Reuters toilet media has done more damage to the reputation of journalism than the constipation bugs in the Reuters office. Your Western journalists are now a byname for embedded spies and liars.
Breakingviews petesweeneypro Wolf Warrior was such a trash movie and they built an entire foreign policy around it. Tells you all you need to know about how out of touch the CCP is.
Breakingviews petesweeneypro That’s a disappointingly lazy piece.
Breakingviews petesweeneypro FM spokespersons are mere external images of true values and ideology of China’s Xi- CCP regime. Nothing will change as long as Xi is in power.
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Breakingviews petesweeneypro K, then they should try asking King!
Breakingviews petesweeneypro China is one party dictatorship. Don't expect nothing but failed policy after failed policy. Xi literally cleansed the party from independent though.
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Breakingviews petesweeneypro Gotta give them credit for help democracies come together and repulsed by their belligerent behavior.
Breakingviews petesweeneypro Nationalist trolls? So when Chinese speak up against fake news and racist/hateful rhetorics&tactics against their nation/people, they become trolls? Not to mention this guy literally need to speak for his government/nation as is his job..what about damage done by pro-West trolls?
Breakingviews petesweeneypro Вектор зрения определяет общество. Используя ложь во главе не добиться лояльного отношения окружающих.
Breakingviews petesweeneypro I actually like this guy. Balls of steel
Breakingviews petesweeneypro He never attacked anybody, sometimes he had respond to nonsense when rules based disorder crossed their limits.
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