Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)-- Tsinghua University, 2007.

This book analyses the creation and dissemination of discourse in China while examining how its media and the people interact and communicate with the rest of t

In recent years China has experienced intense economic development. Previously a rapidly urbanising industrial economy, the country has become a post-industrial

Evaluation Across Newspaper Genres: Hard News Stories, Editorials and Feature Articles is the first book-length study of evaluation or stance in three major new

This edited volume assesses governance innovation and institutional change under the fifth generation of China’s political leaders headed by Xi Jinping. The c