The Rise of China’s Zhao Lijian Diplomacy: A Time Series Analysis

Abstract China’s wolf warrior diplomacy has attracted extensive attention since 2020. One of the most prominent “wolf warriors” is Zhao Lijian, Ministry Foreign Affairs spokesperson. Based on weekly Google Trends datasets between August 21, 2016 and 8, 2021, this study provides a quantitative description development Lijian diplomacy. Employing Granger causality tests autoregressive distributed lag models, finds that part Most importantly, COVID -19 may be only factor driven rise This contributes to academia by presenting new approach international relations studies our understanding foreign policy.