Language Policy and China’s National Image in TASS Reports on Coronavirus: a Discursive Analysis

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The Communist Party of China claims that national language policy is an important basis for the development of national governance. As is known, since the end of 2019, the whole world has been seriously affected by the epidemics of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19. China, where the epidemics began, is still in the center of attention of the world community. The authors study the features of the representation of the national image of China and the national language policy in the context of the COVID-19 epidemics using the three-dimensional discourse analysis system of N. Fairclough. The information provided by TASS became the main source of this study. The content of this news agency contributes to the development of the strategy and tactics of creating the international image of the People’s Republic of China and promotes its adequate perception in the international political arena.

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Xuejiao Wang

Liaoning University

Email: wangxuejiao2014@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0003-2299-6339

PhD in Philology, Lecturer at the Confucius Institute

66, Chongshan, Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Chine, 110136

Flyuza G. Fatkullina

Ufa University of Science and Technology

Email: fluzarus@rambler.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8711-2993
SPIN-code: 2022-2453
Scopus Author ID: 57191874946

Dr.Sc. (Philology), professor, Head of the Department of Comparative Linguistics and Tourit Guidance Studies

32, Zaki Validi str., Ufa, Russian Federation, 450076

Elena S. Kuzmina

Irkutsk State University

Email: kuzelenas@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9356-7847
SPIN-code: 1672-8398

PhD in Sociology, Associate Professor of the Department of Social Philosophy and Sociology of the Institute of Social Sciences

1, Karl Marx St., Irkutsk, 664003

Anastasia G. Liulina

RUDN University

Author for correspondence.
Email: liulina_ag@pfur.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0634-8844
SPIN-code: 9703-4208
Scopus Author ID: 57210935478

PhD in History, Associate Professor at Foreign Languages Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

6, Miklukho-Maklaya Str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198

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1. Fig. 1. Monthly Chinese epideАm.Г.i Лc юnлeиwнsо йon the official website of TASS
Source: compiled by Xuejiao Wang, Flyuza G. Fatkullina, Elena S. Kuzmina, Anastasia G. Liulina

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2. Fig. 2. Sources of information on the epidemic reports in China on the official website of TASS
Source: compiled by Xuejiao Wang, Flyuza G. Fatkullina, Elena S. Kuzmina, Anastasia G. Liulina

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