China's Civilian Army by Peter Martin
The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
A concise history of the People’s Republic’s diplomatic corps, this account traces how a disciplined, party-loyal bureaucracy evolved from cautious revolutionary envoys into today’s combative “wolf warrior” style. Drawing on archival material and interviews, it shows how ideology, career incentives, and domestic politics have shaped tactics from the Mao era through reform and into the Xi period, producing both messaging successes and costly international backlash. Through case studies and profiles, it portrays diplomats as frontline political operatives—part propagandists, part negotiators—whose core mission is defending the ruling party, revealing the logic behind an increasingly assertive posture abroad.
- Published
- 2021
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 350-400
- Original Language
- English
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