China, Japan and Taiwan
Digest more
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson consecutively posted English and Japanese graphic messages on social media platform X, warning Japan to "stop playing with fire on the Taiwan question" on November 13, 2025. Photo: Screenshot from Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson's X account.
Chinese diplomats airing hawkish views, or "wolf warriors" as they are known, have returned to the global stage, drumming up criticism of Japan's prime minister in countries that suffered from its military actions during World War Two.
The diplomatic row over comments on Taiwan has evolved from a war of words to Beijing advising its citizens against travelling and studying abroad in Japan.
Like Cotton, Laura Ingraham, a TV presenter on Fox News, is another reckless China hater. In one tweet, she claimed that Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD is aiming for global domination with cars that can be monitored, started, stopped and redirected.