in 2017 china fell in love with a new hero. his name was lane feng, a veteran of an elite chinese special forces unit known as the wolf warriors. wolf warrior 2 became china s highest grossing film in all time in less than two weeks. this film broke the domestic box office records. breaking in close to $1 million. he isn t shy about being
box office records. raking in close to $1 billion. wolf warrior two isn t shy about being pro-china. it captured a mood in china. a new-found swagger in the world. much like the rambo films. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. mirrored the muscular american 1980s, china s new attitude became known as wolf warrior diplomacy. and its real-life champion is xi jinping. xi has made a big departure from decades of a very different chinese foreign policy. to understand how, we need to remember china s first leader,