It turned out that Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, who is known for his bullish diplomatic stance called "wolf war diplomacy," was transferred by the 9th.
After becoming deputy director of press in 2019, Mr. Zhao has been a spokesperson since 2020, but according to China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has been appointed deputy director of the department in charge of border and maritime affairs. That's it.
In addition to holding regular press conferences, Mr. Zhao also used Twitter to promote China's position, and has often been controversial over the content of his hardline remarks and tweets.
Regarding the new coronavirus, he posted on Twitter that ``it may have been brought to China by the US military,'' and President Trump at the time called the new coronavirus a ``Chinese virus'' and criticized it. It became one of the triggers to develop.