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India's diplomats will be seeing former Chinese MFA spokesperson Zhao Lijian, once described as "China's aggressive new voice", in border talks – appointed DDG in Boundary and Ocean Affairs Department. Zhao earlier spent stint in Islamabad, then famously known as "Muhammad Zhao". pic.twitter.com/s4J3CxqXmo
— Ananth Krishnan (@ananthkrishnan) January 9, 2023
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China posts 'Wolf Warrior' diplomat Zhao Lijian to border affairs.
— WION (@WIONews) January 10, 2023
Zhao is known for his hawkish style and 'Wolf Warrior' diplomacy@SaroyaHem brings you this report
Watch more: https://t.co/AXC5qRuO3J pic.twitter.com/Ik3vSseGTK
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Guess what? Seems #ZhaoLijian was removed as a spokesman for #CCP. His info page under "spokesperson" in Chinese is empty, dropdown page in English doesn't have his name. He is no longer on "information department" page either. Instead, he's on "Boundary & Ocean Affairs" page. https://t.co/gwvUCvkzMt pic.twitter.com/2nndpOFakZ
— Inconvenient Truths by Jennifer Zeng 曾錚真言 (@jenniferzeng97) January 9, 2023
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Zhao Lijian is now Deputy Director-General of 🇨🇳 Foreign Ministry’s Department of Boundary & Ocean Affairs (边界与海洋事务司)
— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) January 9, 2023
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Zhao Lijian… who once tweeted an artwork of an Australian soldier slitting an Afghan’s child throat, among many other attention-seeking nationalistic tweets… is being promoted from spokesman to deputy head of the MFA’s border & ocean affairs office. pic.twitter.com/fg80HzmqK7
— Bill Birtles (@billbirtles) January 9, 2023
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Such a pity that Zhao Lijian is now gone as MOFA spokesman. His attitude was a fine example to non-Chinese speakers of the overbearing and threatening manner in which CCP higher-ups address those they consider beneath them.https://t.co/lcGgvkIPV4
— Catherine Churchman now rides hairy elephant🌻🇹🇼 (@C_M_Churchman) January 9, 2023
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Not Bloomberg but Pengpai reported, my mistake
— Gerry Shih (@gerryshih) January 9, 2023
“Siberia of MFA divisions” 🤣
— Yaling Jiang (@yaling_jiang) January 9, 2023
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It wasn’t that long ago that a dispirited Zhao Lijian during a press conference zoned out,took several moments to ask for a repeat & then gave warmed over speaking points for a different Q. Rumors flew that it was his wife’s social media acct that did him in—not Wolf Warrior acts pic.twitter.com/Z1a7N0eWOY
— Theresa Fallon (@TheresaAFallon) January 9, 2023
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