Civic discourse, civil society, and Chinese communities

Abstract

Preface Introduction: Civic Discourse and Civil Society in Chinese Communities, John H. Powers and Randy Kluver Part I: Civic Discourse and National Identity Elite-Based Discourse in Chinese Civil Society, Randy Kluver Journalistic Memoirs of China: The Discourse of Foreign Reporters, John H. Powers Part II: Emerging Patterns of Discourse in Chinese Civil Societies The Role of Rhetorical Topoi in Constructing the Social Fabric of Contemporary China, George Q. Xu Freedom of Religion in China: The Emerging Civic Discourse, Brent Fulton From Kaihui to Duihua: The Transformation of Chinese Civic Discourse, Wenshan Jia Ineffability and Violence in Taiwan's Congress, Jensen Chung Ideological Themes in Hong Kong's Public Service Announcements: Implications for China's Future, Lisa Cuklanz and Wendy Wong Part III: Modes of Civic Discourse in Chinese Communities From Lei Feng to Zhang Haidi: Changing Media Images of Model Youth in the Post-Mao Reform Era, Mei Zhang Televisual Discourse and the Mediation of Power: Living Room Dialogues with Modernity in Reform-Era China, William C. Godby Literature as Civic Discourse in the Reform Era: Utopianism and Cynicism in Chinese Political Consciousness, Shiping Hua Same Language, Yet Different: News Coverage of Clinton's China Visit by Two Prominent Newspapers, Mei Zhong (Re)locating Our Voices in the Public Sphere: Call-in Talk Shows as a Channel for Civic Discourse in Taiwan, Rueyling Chuang and Ringo Ma Kan Dashan as Civic Discourse in a Chinese Community, Shuming Lu The Internet as a Mode of Civic Discourse: The Chinese Virtual Community in North America, Dejun Liu Part IV: Civic Discourse Between China and the World The Pride of Zuguo: China's Perennial Appeal to the Overseas Chinese and an Emergent Civic Discourse in a Global Community, Dilin Liu and Canchu Lin China's Rhetoric of Socialization in its International Civic Discourse, D. Ray Heisey Civic Discourse with the International Community: China's Whitepapers on Human Rights, John H. Powers Rhetorical Adaptability in China's Argument for Most Favored Nation Status, Heping Zhao Civic Discourse in China-U.S. Relations: Great Leaps Forward and Backward, Mei-ling T. Wang Author Index Subject Index About the Editors About the Contributors