Wolf warrior diplomacy - Wikipedia Former Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, considered one of the leading "wolf warrior diplomats" [1] Wolf warrior diplomacy is a confrontational form of public diplomacy adopted by diplomats of the People's Republic of China in the late 2010s and early 2020s [2][3][4] The phrase is derived from the Chinese action film franchise Wolf Warrior (2015) and its 2017 sequel [5][4][6