Meaning of wolf warrior | Babel Free

Definitions

A Chinese diplomat perceived to respond aggressively towards criticism of Communist China.

neologism

Examples

“wolf-warrior diplomacy”

“China’s “wolf warrior” diplomats — named after a set of films in which Chinese special-operations fighters defeat western-led mercenaries — have emerged over the past three years. But the virus has pushed their combative tactics to the centre of Beijing’s foreign policy approach.”

“Wolf-warrior diplomacy is a manifestation of Xi's effort to shift toward assertive diplomacy away from the low-profile diplomacy engineered by Deng and practised by Presidents Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.”

“The starting point for the promotion of the concept of “wolf warrior diplomacy” was the altercation between Zhao Lijian and Susan Rice on Twitter [in July 2019]... After this event, the media lexicon began to include first the phrase zhan langshi waijiao (战狼式外交) and then zhan lang waijiao (战狼外 交) “wolf warrior diplomacy”.”

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