Xiang Lanxin

Xiang Lanxin (born 1956, )

Early life and career Xiang was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu in 1956. Xiang has spent the majority of his career working outside of China, though he still maintains Chinese citizenship. "with charlatans and sycophants running amuck." Xiang is also highly critical of Montesquieu and his view of democracy, which he sees as racialist and ignorant of China's historical structures of power and governance. Xiang instead advocates a view of democracy informed by Confucianism and direct democracy.

Xiang is critical of "Wolf Warrior diplomacy", the moniker given to more aggressive and confrontational diplomatic behavior by the People's Republic of China in the 21st century, which he considers unproductive and the result of influence of Martin Jacques' book When China Rules the World.