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Analysis: China's wolf warrior overreach draws comparison to Imperial Japan

Making enemies on all sides goes against ancient diplomatic textbook, scholars warn

KATSUJI NAKAZAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer | China

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He has spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He is the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize for international reporting.

TOKYO -- Is China's recent "wolf warrior" diplomacy reminiscent of Japan's dangerous posturing before World War II?

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