"Wolf warrior diplomacy might appease Chinese nationalists at home, but it will limit China's appeal abroad.
Much of the wolf warrior rubbish is strictly for internal consumption or for consumption by Xi himself and is more accurately understood as internal weakness. The problem with authoritarian echo chambers is you can start to believe your own hype and do real damage externally like getting Somalia to recognise Taiwan! Or worse blunder into a major mistake ala Argentina in the 80s.

China's floods are adding to Xi's problems, he even left his bubble to meet some farmers. More reliant on the US for food now than they ever have been.

Chinese people are always quick to attack and ridicule Trump but try to get one to say a bad word about Xi. The fear is real.