Analysing Intertextuality and Value-Laden Assumptions of the Elite Press-The case of China-US con/divergent interests in the Persian Gulf

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10.2991/icesem-18.2018.77How to use a DOI?

Keywords

China-US relations; Critical discourse analysis; Intertextuality; Value-laden assumptions

Abstract

This paper aims to identify whether the “elite-cum-official consensus” exists in the US press with regard to China-US divided interests over international affairs such as the 2012 Hormuz Crisis. Based on a critical discourse analysis of the sampled newspaper, this paper reaches the following conclusions: (1) these papers tended to contextualize China’s behaviour in this region within the economic framework; (2) value-laden assumptions are also made, as they were allocating China certain roles/responsibilities to coordinate the US-led sanction against Iran. It reaffirms the necessity to strengthen the China-US diplomatic dialogue between top officials and elite discourses so as to avoid unnecessary confrontations.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chen Li
AU  - Xiufeng Zhao
PY  - 2018/08
DA  - 2018/08
TI  - Analysing Intertextuality and Value-Laden Assumptions of the Elite Press-The case of China-US con/divergent interests in the Persian Gulf
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 2nd International Conference on Education Science and Economic Management (ICESEM 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 338
EP  - 341
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icesem-18.2018.77
DO  - 10.2991/icesem-18.2018.77
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