A Critical Discourse Study of the "Chinese Dream"

Zhang's book focuses on the analysis of the socio-historical context, linguistic patterns of discursive construction, and media representations of the "Chinese Dream" in Mainland China, Hong Kong and the United States.

Junchen Zhang is a PhD researcher at the University of Sydney, Australia.

1. Introduction: New leadership and new discourse system 2. Critical analysis of discourse and the "Chinese Dream" discourse 3. Methodological combination: The discourse-historical approach, framing analysis, and corpus methods 4. Sociohistorical context of the "Chinese Dream" 5. Discursive construction of the "Chinese Dream" 6. Media representations of the "Chinese Dream" 7. Conclusion: Critical comprehension of the "Chinese Dream" discourse