• AstroStelar [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    There were a few years starting in 2019 where aggressive “Wolf warrior diplomacy” became quite prevalent, but China has backed down from that recently because it was wrecking their reputation in the recipient countries. Xue seems to be one of the holdovers.