Professor Qing Cao's Outputs (29)

State Developmentalism and the Chinese Leadership: Ideology, Cultural Heritage, and Self-reinvention (2022)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (in press). State Developmentalism and the Chinese Leadership: Ideology, Cultural Heritage, and Self-reinvention. In U. A. Bērziņa-Čerenkova (Ed.), Discourse, Rhetoric and Shifting Political Behaviour in China. Routledge

Guiding the Public: the Politics of Documentary Films in China (2022)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (in press). Guiding the Public: the Politics of Documentary Films in China. In M. Rawnsley, Y. Ma, & G. Rawnsley (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media (2nd Edition). Routledge

The Lure of Utopia: Reinterpreting Liang Qichao's Xinmin Shuo (2022)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2022). The Lure of Utopia: Reinterpreting Liang Qichao's Xinmin Shuo. In D. Margolies, & Q. Cao (Eds.), Utopia and Modernity in China: Contradictions in Transition (11-32). Pluto Press

Introduction (2022)
Book Chapter
Margolies, D., & Cao, Q. (2022). Introduction. In D. Margolies, & Q. Cao (Eds.), Utopia and Modernity in China: Contradictions in Transition (1-10). Pluto

Translating 'Nation' in Late Qing China: The Discourse and Power of Nation in the Remaking of Chinese Society, 1895-1911 (2021)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2021). Translating 'Nation' in Late Qing China: The Discourse and Power of Nation in the Remaking of Chinese Society, 1895-1911. In A. Almanna, & C. Gu (Eds.), Translation as a Set of Frames: Ideology, Power, Discourse, Identity & Representation (193-208). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003024828

Nation as a translated concept must be understood within this backdrop of rapid, volatile and often violent changes around the turn of the 20th century in the last decade of the Qing Empire. There were two major phases of translation in late Qing, pa... Read More about Translating 'Nation' in Late Qing China: The Discourse and Power of Nation in the Remaking of Chinese Society, 1895-1911.

Digital media, governance, and the making of youth in contemporary China (2021)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q., & Lang, I. (2021). Digital media, governance, and the making of youth in contemporary China. In X. Wei (Ed.), China's Contemporary Image and Rhetoric Practice (137-158). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315144764

Drawing on the idea of governance through the media, this chapter examines the way in which reality shows in contemporary China have imbued Chinese youth with a social consciousness conducive to the state pursuit of industrial modernity. Using the po... Read More about Digital media, governance, and the making of youth in contemporary China.

Introduction: Continuities and Changes for an Alternative Modernity (2019)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q., Wu, D., & Tomaselli, K. (2019). Introduction: Continuities and Changes for an Alternative Modernity. In Q. Cao, D. Wu, & K. Tomaselli (Eds.), Brand China in the media: transformation of identities. Routledge

Discursive Construction of National and Political Identities in China (2019)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2019). Discursive Construction of National and Political Identities in China. In C. Shei (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of Chinese discourse analysis (431-443). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315213705

This chapter examines the discursive formation, features and strategies of identities in modern China, focusing on the notions of nation and politics. 1 It discusses the origins, development and functions of China’s multiple identities and how the ci... Read More about Discursive Construction of National and Political Identities in China.

Chinese Developmentalism and Television Representation of South Africa. (2017)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2017). Chinese Developmentalism and Television Representation of South Africa. In K. Batchelor, & X. Zhang (Eds.), China-Africa Relations: Building Images through Cultural Co-operation, Media Representation and Communication (199-217). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315229096-12

Narrative Approach to Discourse Analysis: Theory, Method and a Case Study (2016)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2016). Narrative Approach to Discourse Analysis: Theory, Method and a Case Study. In H. Tian (Ed.), Discourse Studies (Volume 2) (1-25). Nankai University Press

The Politics and poetics of television documentary in China (2015)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2015). The Politics and poetics of television documentary in China. In G. Rawnsley, & M. Rawnsley (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of Chinese media (355-371). Routledge

China's Soft Power: Formulations, Contestations and Communication (2014)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2014). China's Soft Power: Formulations, Contestations and Communication. In Q. Cao, H. Tian, & P. Chilton (Eds.), Discourse, politics and media in contemporary China (171-194). John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.54.08cao

Introduction: Legitimisation, Resistance and Discursive Struggles in Contemporary China (2014)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2014). Introduction: Legitimisation, Resistance and Discursive Struggles in Contemporary China. In Q. Cao, H. Tian, & P. Chilton (Eds.), Discourse, politics and media in contemporary China (1-22). John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.54.01int

Without legitimacy, words are invalid; invalid words lead man to nowhere’.(名不正则言不顺，言不顺则事不成。Mingbuzheng zhe yanbushun; yanbushun zhe shibucheng) Confucius (The Analects)‘Truth’ is to be understood as a system of ordered procedures for... Read More about Introduction: Legitimisation, Resistance and Discursive Struggles in Contemporary China.

From revolution to business: China's changing discourses on Africa (2013)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2013). From revolution to business: China's changing discourses on Africa. In S. Chan (Ed.), The morality of China in Africa : the middle kingdom and the dark continent (60-69). Zed Books

During his visit to Nigeria in July 2011, British prime minister David Cameron spoke about the problem of China’s increasing ‘authoritarian capitalism’ in Africa and the value of ‘liberal democracy’ for Africa’s future. The Daily Mail reported that ‘... Read More about From revolution to business: China's changing discourses on Africa.

Introduction: Language, Discourse and Identity in Globalised China (2012)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2012). Introduction: Language, Discourse and Identity in Globalised China. In H. Tian, & Q. Cao (Eds.), Reinventing Identities: the Poetics of Language Use in Contemporary China (1-15). Nankai University Press

Reimagining Traditions: the Role of Culture in China’s External Relations (2012)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2012). Reimagining Traditions: the Role of Culture in China’s External Relations. In H. Tian, & Q. Cao (Eds.), Reinventing Identities: the Poetics of Language Use in Contemporary China (45-70). Nankai University Press

Propaganda (2012)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2012). Propaganda. In O. Patterson, & G. Geoffrey (Eds.), Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia and Africa (Volume 3: East and Southeast Asia) (351-353). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458

Anti-Colonialism (2012)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2012). Anti-Colonialism. In O. Patterson, & G. Geoffrey (Eds.), Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia and Africa (Volume 3: East and Southeast Asia) (201-203). SAGE Publications

Re-imagined West in the Chinese Television: a Case Study of a China Central Television Documentary Series Rise of Great Powers (2012)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2012). Re-imagined West in the Chinese Television: a Case Study of a China Central Television Documentary Series Rise of Great Powers. In P. Chilton, H. Tian, & R. Wodak (Eds.), Discourse and Social-Political Transformations in Contemporary China (127-144). John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.42

Reporting China: Perspectives, Patterns and Research Methodology (2011)
Book Chapter
Cao, Q. (2011). Reporting China: Perspectives, Patterns and Research Methodology. In W. Pan, & J. Chan (Eds.), Chinese Stuides and International Communication (Volume 1) (1-19). East China Normal University Press