Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye is rumored to be returning to China this month, with Chinese Minister to France Chen Dong serving as the acting ambassador. This incident was seen by South Korean media as a signal that China's "Wolf Warrior Diplomacy" has stepped on the brakes.

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[Compilation of Lu Yongshan/Comprehensive Report] South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo" reported on the 10th that Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye will return to China this month, and Chen Dong, Minister of the Chinese Embassy in France, is expected to be the acting ambassador.

As a representative figure of China's "Wolf Warrior Diplomacy", Lu Shaye has been condemned by European countries for a series of controversial remarks last month, and he has fallen into a deadly situation.

Korean Media: Wolf Warrior Diplomacy Steps on Emergency Brake Signal

According to reports, the Chinese diplomatic and financial circles indicated that Lu Shaye, who became the Chinese ambassador to France in July 2019, will return to China this month.

In January this year, Zhao Lijian stepped down as spokesman of China's foreign ministry and was effectively demoted. He used to become China's star diplomat by returning strong condemnation to countries that criticize China.

This time Lu Shaye was recalled and punished again, which is equivalent to relegating all the "Two Wolf Warriors" to the second line.

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In an interview with French TF1 TV station on April 21, Lu Shaye said, "Historically, the Crimea Peninsula was part of Russia's territory," and argued: "The former Soviet republics have no status under international law." The comments justified Russia's invasion of Ukraine and denied the former Soviet state its independent statehood, prompting immediate protests from the three Baltic states and more than 80 MEPs urging the French government to label him "persona non grata". .

Seeing the controversy, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hurriedly clarified that "Lu Shaye's remarks are not China's official position" in an attempt to quell the anger; the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China also characterized Lu Shaye's remarks as a "major diplomatic incident."

Integrate the diplomatic window?

Correction of external messages

Beijing sees the guerrilla "brutal rhetoric tactics" of diplomats as having a negative impact on China's new diplomatic strategy aimed at creating an image of an Eastern power to rival the United States.

However, public opinion generally believes that even if China temporarily hides its wolf-warrior nature, it is unlikely to completely abandon wolf-warrior diplomacy; some analysts believe that China has begun to integrate the scattered wolf-warrior diplomatic windows of diplomats from all over the world and revise its external information work.

The report said that China did not intend to abolish the wolf warrior diplomatic strategy from 2019 to the present, but started an upgrade.