Wolf Warrior Diplomacy – The new foreign policy brand by China

Beijing is adopting a new policy with a catchy nickname by its chief architects synonymous with their aggressive style – the Wolf warrior diplomacy policy and the designers are the Wolf warriors.

The nickname phrase is being commonly used by Chinese media and also the Western publications. The architects of this policy have full support of the country’s leaders and diplomats.

But what does the wolf warrior diplomacy mean?

As per this new foreign policy, China is goingto push back against any opposition and “deliberate insults” made against it or the ruling Communist Party.

At a press conference in Beijing on Sunday, Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi said, “We never pick a fight or bully others. But we have principles and guts. We will push against any deliberate insult, resolutely defend our national honor and dignity, and we will refute all groundless slander with facts.”

The “wolf warriors” are diplomats who came into representation in China in last few decades. This brand of Chinese diplomats, instead of using long verbal responses, take on to Twitter and other social media to push back directly against any criticism towards the country or Communist party.

The name is supposedly derived from a popular patriotic movie series in China titled “Wolf Warrior”. This highest grossing film which was first released in 2015 grossed more than $76 million at box office.

The sequel released in 2017 had a famous tagline “Even though a thousand miles away, anyone who affronts China will pay.” The ideology of this new diplomatic foreign policy seems to be around the similar thought.

A very popular “wolf warrior” is Chinese ambassador to UK Liu Xiaoming, who takes on to Twitter against anyone who criticizes China policies. He also tweeted “Where there is a ‘wolf’, there is a ‘warrior’”.

The current attacks on Chinese government by U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration however indicate otherwise. The “warriors” apparently seem to be the U.S. diplomats.

If this is the current diplomacy tactic by China then they might have to be a little more persistent regarding it, as for now it seems this new policy is short lived.