Were They Illegal Rioters or Pro-democracy Protestors? Examining the 2019–20 Hong Kong Protests in China Daily and The New York Times

G Wang, X Ma - Critical Arts, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The 2019–20 Hong Kong protests have attracted more attention from the
international media than its previous mass movements. The Chinese government and the …

“Sensible protesters began leaving the protests”: A comparative study of opposing voices in the Hong Kong political movement

J Ho - Language & Communication, 2019 - Elsevier
This corpus-based study investigates the discursive presentations of the main social actors
in the media coverage of the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement circa 2014. In particular, this …

Attitudinal stance towards the anti-extradition bill movement in China Daily and South China Morning Post A corpus-assisted comparative analysis

X Cao, D Zhang, Q Luo - Journal of language and politics, 2022 - jbe-platform.com
Abstract Based on Appraisal Theory and critical discourse analysis, this corpus-assisted
study examines how China Daily (CD) and South China Morning Post (SCMP) used …

Discursive representations of domestic helpers in cyberspace

J Ho - Discourse Studies, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates the online narratives Hong Kong employers construct around foreign
domestic helpers (FDHs) and aims to compensate for the existing gap in discursive research …

A topic modeling-assisted diachronic study of “One Country, Two Systems” represented in Anglo-American newspapers

F Chen, G Wang - Journal of Language and Politics, 2023 - jbe-platform.com
Abstract One Country, Two Systems (1C2S) is a framework proposed by China to achieve
national unification of territories with different economic and socio-political systems. This …

Media portrayals of the Hong Kong Occupy Central Movement's social actors: Multilevel and critical discourse analysis

J Ho, MM Chiu - Journal of Language and Politics, 2022 - jbe-platform.com
We investigated how two English-language newspapers–Hong Kong's South China
Morning Post (SCMP) and the mainland China Daily (CD)–portrayed key social actors …

Purposeful life or sugar-coated lies: How Elizabeth Holmes legitimised her fraud

J Ho - Language & Communication, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines how Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the health technology corporation,
Theranos, constructed the legitimation of her blood-testing service. It contributes to current …

Unveiling ideological shifts in news trans‑editing: A critical narrative analysis of English and Chinese narratives on the 2014 Hong Kong protests

Y Ping, K Wang - Journal of Language and Politics, 2024 - jbe-platform.com
This article expands on previous research on news trans-editing by examining the
relationship between ideology and language. Using a conceptual framework that combines …

Politician, activist… or hero? Rebel Narratives from Spanish 15-M movement

J Galindo-Ramírez, G Jaraíz-Arroyo… - Journal of Language …, 2022 - jbe-platform.com
This article explores how narratives and their discursive elements construct the idea of
rebelliousness in subjects who followed different pathways through politics and activism …

Conceptualizations of sociopolitical culture in Hong Kong and mainland China: An analysis of the Occupy Central Movement in the Western press

RCH Leung - International Journal of Language and Culture, 2017 - jbe-platform.com
This study of media discourse focuses on how the sociopolitical culture in Hong Kong and
Mainland China is conceptualized by the English-speaking press. To this end, the present …