Abstract
Abstract A positive discourse analysis is conducted on the collective discursive representation of the Chinese Dream by the discourse of the sovereign state and the national media, with the aim to show how discourses at different levels could collaborate to promote the power of the Chinese Dream discourse in the domestic communication. Borrowing the dialectical-relational framework of critical discourse analysis, the present research carries out structural analysis and interactional analysis of President Xi Jinping’s speech at the closing meeting of the 12th National People’s Congress and the subsequent media discourse produced by official news outlets. The structural analysis reveals Xi’s speech on the Chinese Dream forms a genre chain with related news reports, editorials, and features within a couple of days, in which the appeal to the public is repeatedly made. The interactional analysis indicates the news discourses facilitate concreteness and enrichment of the Chinese Dream by recontextualizing various components of the original speech and adopting specific represented processes and modality to echo and promote the constructed Chinese Dream by the speech. The findings reveal the inspiring Chinese Dream discourse is produced and consumed among different official discourses, collaboratively representing a bright future for the public.
Highlights
President Xi Jinping proposed the concept of the Chinese Dream when he attended the exhibition “the Road of Renaissance” in Beijing in November 2012
A positive discourse analysis is conducted on the collective discursive representation of the Chinese Dream by the discourse of the sovereign state and the national media, with the aim to show how discourses at different levels could collaborate to promote the power of the Chinese Dream discourse in the domestic communication
Positive discourse analysis is conducted on the discursive representation of the Chinese Dream, explaining how it could become an impetus for the development of the country by revealing its nature, path and goal
Summary
President Xi Jinping proposed the concept of the Chinese Dream when he attended the exhibition “the Road of Renaissance” in Beijing in November 2012. Zhang’s (2016) study reveals that the combination of discursive strategies of dissimilation and assimilation in these speeches constructs and justifies the positive national identity of China that promotes peace, facilitates development, and brings benefits to both its people and the world All these above-mentioned discourse studies demonstrate the nature of the Chinese Dream, reveal the ideologies behind domestic and foreign media’s representation, and address communal and national identities based on this concept. They base their findings on individual genres, covering news representation, public speeches, and social media respectively. The penultimate section presents the detailed analysis of the Chinese Dream representation using illustrative examples from the collected data and the last section is the conclusion that summarizes the findings of the study and highlights its implications for relevant research
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