Pointing to numerous examples of China's "wolf warrior behaviour", he said the rest of the world has to sit up and pay attention. Now, President Xi Jinping thinks it's time to no longer keep the head low," Tharoor said. Asked about Xi's recent remarks that the era of China being bullied is gone forever and China''s wolf warrior democracy, Tharoor said it is very clear that under Xi there is now a transition from the "bide your time" approach under Deng Xiaoping.
Sabre-rattling is display or threat of military force. The term was coined from the 2017 Hollywood Rambo-style Chinese action film “Wolf Warrior 2”. The 'Wolf Warrior diplomacy' is a term that has been used to describe confrontational rhetoric by Chinese diplomats to ward off criticism on a host of issues. "So the wolf-warrior diplomacy in the Indian experience has gone beyond Chinese rhetoric and sabre-rattling to actual sabre-thrusting and that is not something we can afford to take lightly," said Tharoor who was MoS for external affairs between May 2009-April 2010. "Suddenly the Chinese come out, move into territory that previously both sides have been patrolling and withdrawing from.establish permanent positions there and when our soldiers go to ask them politely to leave, they are killed," the Lok Sabha MP said. Referring to the incident of 20 Indian army personnel laying down their lives while thwarting Chinese aggression in eastern Ladakh a year ago, Tharoor said this was not a small matter as the border had been very tranquil for about half a century before the incident took place. Speaking at an India Global Forum session on 'Global Leadership - The Future of Multilateralism', the senior Congress leader said it is very clear that under President Xi Jinping, China is transitioning from "bide your time approach" that it undertook under Deng Xiaoping who wanted China to grow and become strong and wealthy but "keep its head down". Mid-day management/mid-day.NEW DELHI: China's "wolf-warrior diplomacy" in the Indian experience has gone beyond "sabre-rattling to sabre-thrusting" and India should ensure peace through skillful diplomacy with Beijing as well as by adequately shoring up to defend itself, former minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor said on Thursday. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliabilitsy and data of the text. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. They claimed to be labourers excavating sand from river and nallah beds and said they had crossed over the LoC for fishing, the defence spokesperson said. The children revealed that they belonged to Chhatra and Troti Dharmshal across the LoC. There was a fourth person who was the eldest amongst them and managed to run away, the defence spokesperson said, adding that the Indian troops did not open fire on the individual attempting to go back to PoK as he appeared to be a minor. The area was immediately cordoned off and the three children, aged between nine and 17 years, were apprehended, he added. The Indian troops deployed along the LoC in Poonch sector noticed a suspicious movement on the Indian side of the border, the defence spokesperson said. On August 18, the Army apprehended the three children in Poonch.
"The children were safely repatriated to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir," a defence spokesperson said. The Indian Army on Friday repatriated three children who had crossed over the Line of Control (LoC) from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and were apprehended in Poonch.