Discourse and Socio-political Transformationsin Contemporary China -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Reflections on discourse and critique in China and the West -- Being "critical" in the West -- Being "critical" in China -- A "colonising" recontextualization? -- Concluding note -- Notes -- References -- The discursive construction of the social stratification order in reforming China -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The changing Chinese social stratification order: past and present -- 3. Theoretical anchorage: NHD perspective in combination with critical discourse theory -- 3.1 Discursive insights of critical discourse theory -- 3.2 Notions of metadiscourse and entextualization in NHD -- 4. The dominant metadiscourses in reforming China -- 4.1 Metadiscourse of 'bringing order out of chaos' -- 4.2 Metadiscourse of "Building socialism with Chinese characteristics" -- The strategic target -- Transformation from planned to market economy -- 4.3 Metadiscourse of "three represents" -- Diversifying the forms of ownership -- 4.4 Metadiscourse of "harmonious society" -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Institutional language as power in contemporary China -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data collection -- 3. Enacting power through language -- 3.1 Power from many accented words -- 3.2 Power from topic control -- 3.3 Power from closed questions -- 3.4 Power from rhetorical questions (I) -- 3.5 Power from rhetorical questions (II) -- 3.6 Power from tag questions -- 3.7 Power from the construction of professionally illegitimate relationship -- 3.8 Power from Unchecked Blaming -- 3.9 Power from use of power-laden Pet Phrases -- 4. Discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- Note -- References -- A cultural political economy of transnational knowledge brands -- 1. Introduction.

2. The theoretical contexts of cultural political economy -- 3. Three stages in the development of the cultures of "competitiveness" -- 3. Recontextualization of Knowledge Brands to Hong Kong/Pearl River Delta since the 1990s -- 3.1 The changing global-national-regional contexts -- 3.2 First discursive-strategic moment: Hong Kong's 'hollowing-out' debate and knowledge brands -- 3.3 The hegemony of a broader global-local service bloc -- 3.4 Second discursive-strategic moment: The transborderization of the Harvard brand to the PRD -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Discursive production of teaching quality assessment report -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Critical discourse analysis -- 2.1 Dynamics of power relations -- 2.2 CDA methodology -- 3. The data -- 3.1 TQA practice -- 3.2 TQA report -- 4. Discursive strategies -- 4.1 Deploying institutional power -- 4.2 Incorporating a promotional genre -- 4.3 Entextualising assessed topics -- 5. Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Discursive construction of Chinese foreign policy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature review -- 3. The AWR and its FPS -- 4. Theoretical framework and analytical methods -- 4.1 CDA and foreign policy studies -- 4.2 Discourse practice as a social practice and cognitive process -- 4.3 Procedures and strategies of analysis -- 4.4 Topical analysis and schematic analysis -- 5. Detailed Analysis -- 5.1 An analysis of Year 1993 report -- 5.1.1 Topics -- 5.1.2 Schemata -- 5.2 Diachronic Analysis of the FPSs in the AWRs -- 5.2.1 Topics -- 5.2.2 Schemata -- 5. Discussion -- 5.1 The construction of foreign policy in the AWR -- 5.2 The changes of discourse in the AWR -- 5.3 The interaction of policy discourse and social reality -- 6. Conclusion -- Note -- References -- The re-imagined West in Chinese television -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Victimhood, modernization and nationalism.

3. The Rise of the Great Powers: Discursive formations -- 3.1 From Moralism to Realism -- 3.3 Rule of law without democracy -- 3.2 Statist authoritarianism -- 4. Contending for truth: Critiques of the series -- 5. Contending for power: The media as a discursive battleground -- 6. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Book review -- Tian, Hailong. Discourse Studies: Categories, Perspectives and Methodologies (in Chinese). 2009. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press. IX+vi+254pp. ISBN 978-7-5446-1356-9. Price: 39.00 RMB. -- References -- Index.