Lu Shaye has been appointed as the Chinese government’s Special Representative for European Affairs. Lu will help coordinate and handle European affairs and hold consultations and exchanges with European countries and EU institutions as needed, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. Lu had served as China’s ambassador to France until December. He was considered China’s top wolf warrior. During his five years in office, Lu repeatedly caused controversy, for example, when he spread Russian propaganda and declared that Ukraine and other former Soviet countries were not sovereign states.