“Ohio.” “Brat.” “Cringe.” “Weird.” Coconut emojis. Viral memes are omnipresent this campaign season, distilling concepts, images and ideas into simple, replicable formats that spread rapidly online.

Editor’s note: This is the first article in a three-part series about China’s “Discourse Power” project. The Chinese Communist party-state recently ordered international airlines to change their ...

Discourse and power are related subjects. According to Iara Lessa’s summary of French social theorist Michel Foucault’s original definition, “discourse” primarily refers to “systems of thoughts ...

t is known quite well that language is not only a medium of communication but also a tool of power. Therefore, the relationship between language and power is of cardinal importance in modern literary ...

In China’s strategic lexicon, might is right but might is essential to earn the “right to speak”. President Xi Jinping’s messaging both to Chinese citizens and the world, as the CCP celebrated its ...