wolf warrior

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 戰狼／战狼 (zhànláng), taken from the movie Wolf Warrior 2.

Noun

wolf warrior (plural wolf warriors)

1. (neologism) A Chinese diplomat perceived to respond aggressively towards criticism of Communist China.

   wolf-warrior diplomacy

   • 2020 May 12, Kathrin Hille, “‘Wolf warrior’ diplomats reveal China’s ambitions”, in Financial Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 2020-07-03:

     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.

   • 2022, Axel Berkofsky, Giulia Sciorati, editors, China’s Foreign Policies Today: Who is in Charge of What‎^[2], Ledizioni, →ISBN:

     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.

See also

• Little Pink