Tang Tianru, the wife of Zhao Lijian, posted a picture of Zhao on Weibo on 21. This is the first time Zhao has appeared since stepping down as spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry. However, Tang has deleted her Weibo account on 27 and the post has since disappeared. pic.twitter.com/qePC2wwoYJ

— Boxun News (@NewsBoxun) January 28, 2023

Former Chinese MFA spokesman Zhao Lijian’s wife’s popular Weibo page 📄 is now empty. All previous tweets have been deleted and/or hidden. pic.twitter.com/0teXrkSEgo

— Wen-Ti Sung (@wentisung) January 28, 2023

After Zhao Lijian, a former spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, was reassigned, netizens joked that he had been sent to the "frontier".
On 11, Zhao's wife Tang Tianru posted on Weibo: "Keep the mission in mind, honor and shame will not surprise you!" then she delete later. pic.twitter.com/e1OtIbHjvq

— Boxun News (@NewsBoxun) January 13, 2023

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— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) January 15, 2023

#ICYMI | Policy shift to wife's social media posts: Why China demoted 'wolf warrior' foreign ministry diplomat Zhao Lijian, writes @AnnuKaushik253 #ZhaoLijian #QinGang #XiJinping https://t.co/NW6EjzDRso

— Firstpost (@firstpost) January 12, 2023

Yes,Someone just lost their tongue. LOL the #SPOKESPERSON, whose job it is to speak.

However, he will always be available to block people on #Twitter. #CCP #ZhaoLijian #ChinaCovidCases #ChinaCovidDeaths #CCPChina #XiJinping #ChineseNewYear pic.twitter.com/1iADM0TlFs

— Daisy Zhen (@DaisyZhen6) January 11, 2023