Hu Xijin

Hu Xijin
Hu Xijin
胡锡进
	Hu in 2021
Editor-in-chief and CCP committee secretary of Global Times
	In office; 2005–2021
Editor-in-chief	Himself
Preceded by	Title established
Succeeded by	Fan Zhengwei (Party Secretary); Wu Yimin (Editor-in-chief)
Personal details
Born	April 8, 1960 (age 64); Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Children	1
Alma mater	People's Liberation Army College of International Relations; Beijing Foreign Studies University;
Occupation	Editor, Journalist
	Hu Xijin's voice in Chinese Hu criticizes Western media at 2021 World Internet Conference
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	胡锡进
Traditional Chinese	胡錫進
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hú Xījìn

Hu Xijin (Chinese: 胡锡进; born 7 April 1960) is a Chinese journalist who previously served as editor-in-chief and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Global Times from 2005 to 2021.

Hu has been accused by the western media of being a political propagandist^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] and an early adopter of China's "wolf warrior" communication strategy of loudly denouncing perceived criticism of the Chinese government and its policies.^[5] The Guardian described Hu as "China’s troll king".^[6]

^ Teixeira, Lauren. "Beijing's Propaganda Is Playing the Trade War Safe". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Hernández, Javier C. (2019-07-31). "When Trump Tweets, the Editor of 'China's Fox News' Hits Back". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2020-08-01. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
^ Hong, Brendon (2020-06-12). "This Tiananmen Protester Is Now Beijing's Troll-in-Chief". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 2020-08-23. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
^ Powers-Riggs, Aidan; Jaramillo, Eduardo (2022-01-22). "Is China Putting 'Wolf Warriors' on a Leash?". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 2022-02-06. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
^ Han Zhang (2021-12-14). "China's troll king: how a tabloid editor became the voice of Chinese nationalism". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2021-12-19.