‘Wolf Warriors’ Still on The Prowl

Beijing hastily backs away from envoy’s contention larger states still have the right to dictate to lesser neighbors.

China’s ambassador to France has kicked up a storm over remarks doubting the legitimacy of states which emerged from the break-up of the Soviet Union, saying they lacked “effective status under international law” and adding that the issue of Crimea was “not easy to answer”

China’s Foreign Ministry later backtracked, saying it “respects the sovereign stat…