
First published: The Prospect Foundation, 13-02-2023
The Chinese Communist Party’s so-called “Wolf Warrior” diplomacy is a bit like the old magician’s cliché: now you see it, now you don’t. This diplomatic riposte to criticism of the party and of China reached a high in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and of condemnation of China’s support for Putin. But pushback within China, and resistance and unpopularity outside it, led to a more emollient approach last year as Xi Jinping proclaimed he would promote a more “lovable” image of China. Read on…..https://www.pf.org.tw/en/pfen/33-9919.html