Peter Martin is a political reporter for Bloomberg News, who has written extensively on escalating tensions in the U.S.-China relationship and reported from China’s border with North Korea and its far-western region of Xinjiang. Martin studied at Oxford University, Peking University and the London School of Economics, and worked for APCO Worldwide before joining Bloomberg News as a Beijing correspondent in 2017. He is now a defense policy and intelligence reporter for Bloomberg based in Washington, D.C. His new book China’s Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy traces the history of China’s foreign policy and its diplomatic service under the Communist Party.
Peter Martin.Illustration by Lauren Crow
Q: Your book traces the history of modern Chinese diplomacy, particularly since the Communist Party took over. What do you see as the main continuities in China’s approach to foreign affairs over the time that you cover?
A: Among China’s minist
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