There was a time when such words might have invited a response from battleships off the coast. whistle But times change of course. All the same whether justifiably or not, some elements in the Chinese ruling class have a serious chip on their shoulder about a lot of things and don't mind letting everyone else know about it.

Quote:
"The Cameron administration should acknowledge that the UK is not a big power in the eyes of the Chinese. It is just an old European country apt for travel and study. This has gradually become the habitual thought of the Chinese people."


http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/829371.shtml#.Up9x_MRDtBO

"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.