Zhao’s Lijian, the once prominent 'wolf warrior,' left a legacy of disinformation about COVID-19, the treatment of Uyghurs and more. In recognition of his departure, here are a few of Zhao’s most outrageous whoppers.
the combative Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Zhao Lijian to a new, lower-profile job “in accordance with needs.”
“Zhao Lijian had been the model of a diplomatic ‘wolf warrior,’ castigating the nation’s critics at daily Foreign Ministry briefings while building an online audience of 1.9 million followers on Twitter and almost 7.7 million on Weibo, the Chinese counterpart.” Along the way, Zhao regularly spread misinformation and disinformation from his official post. That made him a regular target of Polygraph.info fact checks.COVID Conspiracies
On March 12, 2020, Zhao took to Twitter to claim the “U.S. army” may have “brought the epidemic to Wuhan.”Here We Go Again: U.S. Military Did Not Bring COVID-19 To WuhanFollowing its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russian state media ramped up false claims that Russian troops had stumbled upon Ukrainian bioweapon labs run by the United States.On March 8, 2022, Zhao claimed the U.S.
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