"History Will Surely Nail Washington on the Pillar of Shame" Foreign Policy Rhetoric of the Global Times

Tämä tutkielma analysoi Global Times -lehden englanninkielisen version retoriikkaa. Global Times on ulkopolitiikkaan keskittynyt tabloidi, joka on Kiinan kommunistisen puolueen pää-äänenkannattajan Kansan päivälehden omistuksessa. Global Times on tunnettu sen nationalistisista ja hyökkäävistä pääkir...

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Main Author: Laine, Kimmo
Other Authors: Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2023
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/90857
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description Tämä tutkielma analysoi Global Times -lehden englanninkielisen version retoriikkaa. Global Times on ulkopolitiikkaan keskittynyt tabloidi, joka on Kiinan kommunistisen puolueen pää-äänenkannattajan Kansan päivälehden omistuksessa. Global Times on tunnettu sen nationalistisista ja hyökkäävistä pääkirjoituksistaan, jotka usein huomioidaan länsimaalaisessa mediassa. Tutkielmassa tarkastellaan valikoimaa pääkirjoituksia vuodelta 2021 Chaïm Perelmanin retoriikkateorian avulla, yhdistettynä viimeaikaiseen akateemiseen ja muuhun kirjallisuuteen, jotka liittyvät käsiteltyihin aiheisiin. Global Times piti Yhdysvaltoja Kiinan suurimpana globaalina haasteena ja Washingtonin vaikutusvallan nähtiin olevan ratkaisevassa asemassa kansainvälisissä kysymyksissä ylipäätään sen ollessa ”takapiruna” kaikkien länsimielisten maiden takana. Kiinan nousu nähtiin vääjäämättömänä, samalla kun Yhdysvallat oli syvässä sisäisessä kriisissä. Sen ”hegemoninen” kansainvälinen asema oli myös heikentymässä, minkä perääntyminen Afghanistanista osoitti. Huomionarvoisesti Kiinan ja Yhdysvaltojen perinteiset roolit oli käännetty päälaelleen: Kiina esitettiin globalisaation, vapaakaupan ja kansainvälisen yhteistyön esitaistelijana, samalla kun Washington oli jakaantunut, itsekeskeinen ja lamaantunut. Kiina esitettiin omanlaisenaan demokratiana, joka oli päämäärätietoisempi kuin heikkenevä länsimainen demokratia. Kiinan menestys koronaviruksen vastaisessa taistelussa ja äärimmäisen köyhyyden poistamisessa lisäksi osoitti sen järjestelmän ylivertaisuuden. Siitä huolimatta Kiina noudatti kansainvälisiä pelisääntöjä, ylläpiti YK:n auktoriteettia ja ei pyrkinyt korvaamaan Yhdysvaltojen johtamaa kansainvälistä järjestystä, vaan sen sijaan se keskittyi vain omaan kehitykseensä. This thesis analyzes the rhetoric of the English-language edition of the Global Times, which is a Chinese foreign policy-focused tabloid under the ownership of the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China. The Global Times is known for its nationalist and hawkish editorials, which are often widely reported in the Western media. A selection of editorials from 2021 are examined with the help of Chaïm Perelman’s rhetorical theory, in conjunction with recent academic and other literature related to the discussed topics. The Global Times saw the United States as China’s greatest global challenge and Washington’s influence was regarded as crucial in international affairs overall as the ”puppet master” behind all the Western and West-aligned countries. China’s rise was seen as inevitable, while the US was portrayed as being in a deep internal crisis, while its ”hegemonic” global position was also in decline, as showcased by the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Notably, the traditional roles of China and the United States were reversed: China was portrayed as the new champion of globalization, free trade and international cooperation, while the latter was increasingly divided, selfish, and paralyzed. China was depicted as its own type of democracy that was more goal-oriented than the declining Western democracy. China’s success in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and eliminating absolute poverty furthermore showed the superiority of its model. At the same time, China respected international rules, upheld the authority of the UN and didn’t intend to replace the US-led global order, instead Beijing focused purely on its own development.
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