Abstract
This study undertakes a CDA of online news reports from China Daily regarding the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Drawing upon van Dijk’s (1988) theory of news discourse analysis, the study examines the discursive features of China Daily’s coverage between April and September 2021. A corpus of 192 reports, with ten selected for detailed examination, offers a thorough analysis of how this important geopolitical event has been portrayed in the media and its ideological foundations. The major findings reveal a refined presentation of muti-angled discourses. These reports politically emphasize China’s stance on the event and advocates for a moral obligation toward Afghanistan’s future and a broad, inclusive government arrangement post-withdrawal and economically calls for policies that consider the welfare of local populations. These findings underscore the strategic use of discourse to navigate complex geopolitical narratives, illustrating the media’s role in ideological dissemination.
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