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China's Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, Part 1
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China's Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, Part 1

My Fair Lady-ing guerrilla generals, why Chinese diplomats can't get a date, and reading 100+ Chinese political memoirs

Why has China and its foreign ministry struggled to communicate with the world? In his book, China’s Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, Peter Martin (@PeterMartin_PCM) traces the history of China’s post-1949 diplomatic corps, from the impact of Zhou Enlai’s experiences in Paris to reluctant guerrilla-generals-turned-ambassadors trying to get to grips with manning embassies half a world away from Cultural Revolution China.

Along with Schwarzman scholar Jason Zhou, we dissect the international diplomacy up to Kissinger’s visit to China.

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