As the controversy boiled over, the ambassador’s account quickly scrubbed all but two of the dozens of likes it had accumulated over the past year, including the one for the video. The Sun tabloid screamed that the “Firebrand Chinese Ambassador” had “PUT HIS FOOT IN IT.”Mr. Liu, 64, one of China’s most high-profile diplomats, has served as the ambassador to Britain since 2009. On a BBC program in July, he was shown drone video, apparently of prisoners in Xinjiang being led onto a train. Mr. Liu joined Twitter last year after other Chinese diplomats had amassed large followings on the site. He quickly adopted the aggressive tone of some of his colleagues, who have been nicknamed “Wolf Warriors” after the popular Chinese film series.

Source: New York Times September 10, 2020 07:08 UTC