In the face of international isolation, a kind of “war wolf” in the CCP’s diplomatic system has frequently caused trouble and made the CCP’s already notorious diplomatic image even more shabby, represented by CCP Foreign Ministry spokespersons Zhao Lijian and Hua Chunying, CCP ambassadors Liu Xiaoming and Lu Shanno, and even Hu Xijin and Jin Canrong. This article provides readers with a list of the eight wolves who have been active in the CCP’s “mouthpiece station” in the past year.
Zhao Lijian, the New War Wolf of the Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Ministry
On February 24, 2020, Zhao Lijian took office as the spokesperson of the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and soon demonstrated his new battle wolf posture, and it was his classic battle wolf incident that sparked international attention to the Chinese Communist Party’s battle wolf diplomacy.
On March 12, 2020, Zhao Lijian simultaneously posted multiple tweets and questioned whether the virus could (MIGHT BE) brought into Wuhan, China by the U.S. military. Zhao’s comments came at a time when the CCP was trying to evade international accountability by blaming the “country of origin” for the virus and conducting a “major outreach campaign” on the epidemic. More than a dozen Chinese embassies around the world retweeted Zhao Lijian’s tweet, sparking outrage in the United States.
On March 13, Assistant Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific Affairs David Stilwell summoned CCP Ambassador Cui Tiankai to the U.S. to express the U.S. government’s “extremely firm position” and “stern” protest over Zhao Lijian’s “theory that U.S. troops are spreading the virus,” saying the U.S. “will not tolerate” such statements by the CCP to deflect accusations of the CCP virus (Wuhan virus, New Guinea virus).
General Robert Spalding, former U.S. national security strategy advisor, replied to Zhao Lijian in Chinese: “Nonsense!” Republican Senator Josh Hawley mocked Zhao Lijian as a “clown” and said bluntly, “The Chinese Communist Party lied to its own citizens and to the world about this virus. They are responsible.”
On March 17, President Trump used the term “Chinese Virus” for the first time in a tweet to identify the source of the virus.
In the evening of March 27, Trump spoke with Xi Jinping by phone. A State Department spokesperson revealed that Xi promised Trump that he would reduce the practice of official Communist Party personnel collaborating to spread conspiracy theories. Trump also stopped using the term Chinese virus, and the Chinese Foreign Ministry downplayed the “U.S. military poisoning conspiracy theory” in a press conference.
But on May 20, Zhao Lijian claimed that the U.S. was “distorting the facts and shifting the blame,” which Trump dismissed as “some crazy person” from the Chinese Communist Party. Trump again stressed: “Please explain to this dope (dope) that it was ‘incompetent China (CCP)’ and no one else who caused this ‘mass global killing’! “
On November 30, Zhao Lijian also tweeted a condemnation of “Australia’s massacre of Afghan civilians” and attached a jigsaw puzzle, triggering another Sino-Australian diplomatic storm and a sharp cooling of Sino-Australian relations. Australian Prime Minister Morrison accused Zhao Lijian of “outrageous” behavior for posting fake and provocative images. Australia’s Daily Telegraph hit back by publishing a photo of the June 4 tank man, pointing out that the tank man was the real photo. The image of the Chinese Communist Party in Australian public opinion has once again “plummeted”.
Hua Chunying, a veteran war wolf of the Chinese Foreign Ministry
Hua Chunying, currently the Director General of the Information Department and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Director of the Public Diplomacy Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is Zhao Lijian’s boss and a veteran wolf of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, who has been involved in a number of “flip-flops” in the year 2020.
In an April 7 tweet, U.S. Department of State spokesman Morgan Ortaghs urged Beijing to “share all virus data, allow international teams to investigate how the outbreak occurred in China, and allow Chinese citizens to speak out” in response to the Chinese Communist Party’s cover-up of the outbreak.
On April 9, Hua Chunying provoked Ortagas in a tweet, saying, “Feel free to come to China, talk to anyone on the street and enjoy your freedom.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr tweeted a response the same day, asking to “chat” with the following people, including Dr. Effen, Chen Qiushi, Fang Bin, Li Zehua, and Ren Zhiqiang.
On May 30, a U.S. State Department spokesperson condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s push for a “Hong Kong version of the National Security Law,” saying that the Communist Party had “broken its promise to the people of Hong Kong.” Hua Chunying replied to Ortagas’ comment, “‘I can’t breathe,'” alluding to the riots in the United States over the death of African-American man Floyd. Netizens responded, “Can Hong Kong people breathe?” “Can the Chinese breathe?”
On September 26, Hua Chunying tweeted a mockery of the U.S. epidemic death toll, declaring that “without the right to live, human rights are only fantasy and nonsense.” Netizens replied, “Wuhan doesn’t even have a number for how many people died! I would rather have human rights than the right to live, the right to live is given by oneself, not by others.” “Hua Da Ma, this crazy woman, will sooner or later be schizophrenic!”
On Oct. 2, U.S. President Donald Trump was hospitalized after being diagnosed with an infection. on Oct. 5, Hua Chunying tweeted, “I sincerely hope that all these patients, will receive the same ‘best’ medical treatment as the U.S. president.” The netizens blasted the Chinese Communist Party and demanded that it also treat them equally by withdrawing special medical benefits for senior Communist Party officials and members.
On October 10, in the face of U.S. sanctions, Hua Chunying tweeted a provocative, “Who will the U.S. ban next?” Numerous netizens responded, “(Ban) the Communist Party of China (CCP).”
Hua Chunying joined the Western Europe Department of the CCP’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 and climbed the ladder; in 2012, she became deputy director of the Ministry’s Information Department and spokesperson for the Ministry. in 2019, she was promoted to director of the Information Department. Hua Chunying can be considered a veritable old war wolf, fully in line with the war wolf style of the Chinese Communist Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Promoted by Battle Wolf Diplomacy – Geng Shuang
Before Zhao Lijian became a war wolf, Geng Shuang, another spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, had been the focus of attention. The phrase “Geng Shuang is not cool” was once popular before the Communist Party’s battle wolf diplomacy was called.
In November 2019, Geng Shuang, as spokesman, kept repeating “strong condemnation,” “stop interfering in China’s internal affairs” and “reckless disregard for facts” in response to outside concerns about Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong and the U.S.-China trade war. The spokesman said that he was “reckless with the facts”. A netizen created a “Geng Shuang simulator” to generate a set of Geng Shuang’s questions and answers by entering the keywords to be replaced, which sparked online buzz, but on December 30, the Geng Shuang simulator was taken down.
On April 20, 2020, when confronted with questions about the origin of the CCP virus, Geng Shuang argued that the H1N1 flu, the AIDS virus, and the 2008 international financial crisis “originated in the United States,” but that no one had held the United States accountable.
But the fact is that neither the H1N1 flu nor the AIDS virus originated in the United States, and the 2008 financial crisis was not a contagious disease. National Security Review analyst John Noonan tweeted a mockery: “I don’t know if it’s just me or is China’s (CCP) propaganda getting lazy?” “Maybe they don’t realize that our internet is uncensored by communists and that Americans could spend 11 seconds on Google and be able to learn that AIDS originated a century ago in the Congo (an African country) under Belgian rule.”
On April 27, Geng Shuang shrugged off the source of the Communist epidemic, saying, “Just because China was the first country to report the New Coronavirus outbreak does not mean that China is the source of the New Coronavirus.”
Geng Shuang’s war-wolf posture continued after he was transferred to the position of deputy CCP representative to the UN.
The CCP Foreign Ministry spokesperson has been dealing with reporters for years by shifting the blame, reversing black and white, and shifting the focus, which netizens have imaginatively compared to, “Monday: express dissatisfaction; Tuesday: protest; Wednesday: strongly condemn; Thursday: solemnly intervene; Friday: express deep regret; Saturday and Sunday: rest.”
Wang Yi, head of the CCP’s battle wolf diplomacy, bumps into walls on all trips
The CCP highlighted war wolf diplomacy in 2020, naturally because of the international isolation suffered, and Wang Yi, as the CCP foreign minister, is naturally the head wolf of the war wolves.
Back on June 1, 2016, Wang Yi visited Canada and a remark at a joint press conference had sparked the spotlight. At the time, a reporter asked the Canadian foreign minister about human rights issues in China and Hong Kong. Wang Yi was so annoyed when he heard it from the sidelines that he questioned the reporter one after another, “Have you ever been to China, do you know China? You don’t have a say in human rights in China, the Chinese have a say.” His outburst caused an international outcry.
On July 21 this year, the U.S. restricted China to close the Consulate General in Houston within 72 hours, and the Chinese side hurriedly burned documents to expose them; Wang Yi personally went to the airport to welcome “all the consular staff” expelled from the Houston Consulate General back to China, praising them as “diplomatic warriors” and awarding them a collective Third-class merit. Some netizens said, “What credit did this group get? Burning documents, blocking toilets, unlocking doors and destroying other facilities ……”?
Wang Yi visited Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, France and Germany from late August to early September, but was hit by a series of European dignitaries, leaving behind a street of notoriety. The countries urged the Chinese Communist Party to withdraw the “Hong Kong version of the national security law” and to pay attention to human rights issues in Xinjiang.
As the Czech Speaker leads a delegation to Taiwan, Wang threatened the Czech Republic to be prepared to pay a heavy price. German Foreign Minister Maas made it forcefully clear: “Threats don’t fit here.” Not only did Maas not smile when he met with Wang Yi, even his body language was full of strong “unwelcome” connotations.
The U.S. and Europe are not working, and Wang Yi is trying to repair relations with Asian countries, but he has become the target of Japanese public opinion because of his statements about the Diaoyu Islands.
Wang Yi is unable to speak on the U.S. side, and Europe does not give face, his best Asia is unproductive and trouble, and has faded out of the Chinese Communist Party media. His men, however, are still continuing the war wolf diplomacy. (To be continued)
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