China's Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, Part 2
Author of China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy Peter Martin (@PeterMartin_PCM) and Schwarzman scholar Jason Zhou return to take us from the young diplomats venturing out of China in the eighties to today’s Wolf Warriors and the adoption of more nationalist rhetoric.
We also discuss
Chinese diplomats’ and Canadian retirement homes
Xi Jinping’s father-in-law and his admiration for Thatcher
Tiananmen and rebuilding China back from diplomatic isolation
Why Chinese right-wingers send the foreign ministry calcium pills
Whether Wang Yi can handle Maotai
Check out Peter's book…
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