Othering as mediated soft-power practice: Chinese diplomatic communication of discourse about China-US trade war through the British press

IF 2.3 2区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION
Liping Tang
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Abstract

This paper examines how Chinese Ambassador to the UK has employed Othering offensive to construct China-US trade war when publishing opinion pieces in the British press to promote China’s image and seek partenership. It draws on Discourse-Historical Approach to Critical Discourse Studies. The analysis demonstrates how the Ambassador has used strategies, such as nomination, predication and argumentation, to construct the US as a negative Other to delegitimize its trade policies and actions. Meanwhile, Othering serves as a foil for indirectly constructing a positive Chinese Self as a responsible major country and a positive ‘We-group’ between China and the US European allies. It sheds some light on understanding the workings of Chinese diplomatic discourse in legitimating China’s worldview on ‘rules-based international order’. It also contributes to understanding the interplay between the media logic of British/Western press and the soft-power efforts of Chinese/non-Western government. The role of British/Western press in Chinese/counterhegemonic diplomats’ mediated soft-power practice is both enabling and constraining.

另一种作为中介的软实力实践——从英国媒体看中美贸易战话语的中国外交传播
本文考察了中国驻英国大使在英国报刊发表评论文章,宣传中国形象,寻求合作时,如何运用其他攻势构建中美贸易战。它借鉴了批评语篇研究的语篇历史方法。该分析表明,大使如何利用提名、预测和论证等策略,将美国塑造成一个消极的他者,从而使其贸易政策和行动失去合法性。同时,“他者”也间接地为中国作为一个负责任的大国和中国与美欧盟友之间积极的“我们集团”构建了一个积极的中国自我。它为理解中国外交话语在“基于规则的国际秩序”上的世界观合法化提供了一些启示。它也有助于理解英国/西方媒体的媒体逻辑与中国/非西方政府的软实力努力之间的相互作用。英国/西方媒体在中国/反霸权外交官斡旋的软实力实践中的作用既是有利的,也是制约的。
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