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China's "wolf warrior diplomacy": the interaction of formal diplomacy and cyber-nationalism
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Abstract For all the popular interest in "wolf warrior diplomacy," scant attention has been paid to the internal logics and mechanics of representative communications, notably the intersection with grassroots cyber-nationalism. Centring the connections between official and unofficial actors, we situate Chine... mehr
For all the popular interest in "wolf warrior diplomacy," scant attention has been paid to the internal logics and mechanics of representative communications, notably the intersection with grassroots cyber-nationalism. Centring the connections between official and unofficial actors, we situate Chinese diplomatic communications within the domestic nationalist cyberspace cultures that demand and nourish the "dare to fight" orientation of formal Chinese diplomacy on the international stage. We argue that there is a synergistic interaction between officials and popular nationalism that creates bottom-up incentives to adopt a "wolf warrior" posture, distinct from simultaneous top-down pressures from the central leadership under Xi Jinping to appropriately represent China's "confident rise." We show through case studies involving MoFA spokesperson and archetypal "wolf warrior" Zhao Lijian, that this interaction extends to sharing unofficial content and ideas in a mutually reinforcing cycle that facilitates a harder edge to diplomatic communications.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
China; Außenpolitik; Machtpolitik; Diplomatie; politische Strategie; Propaganda; Online-Medien; politische Kommunikation; Nationalismus; öffentliche Meinung
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Innerstaatliche Faktoren der Außenpolitik; Internationale Politik; Internet; Kommunikation in den internationalen Beziehungen; Wechselbeziehungen Außenpolitik - Innenpolitik
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 68-88
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 52 (2023) 1
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)