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ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2025.10.016

The Dissemination and Reception of the Concept of “Chinese Path to Modernization”: A Discourse Analysis Based on MENA English News Corpus

Yijun Chen

School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing 100089, China.

*Corresponding author: Yijun Chen

This study is supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2025JX095), Project Title: Perceptions of China’s National Image by Foreign Audiences: A Study on the Reader Reception of the English Translation of “Chinese Modernization”.
Published: November 10,2025

Abstract

This study conducts a discourse analysis based on the MENA English news corpus to explore the dissemination and reception of the concept of “Chinese modernization/Chinese path to modernization” by the media. Via theme and sentiment analysis of the news discourse, it is found that news reports related to this concept mainly consist of objective information transmission. The reported themes are diverse and cover such areas as politics, diplomacy, international relations, economic and trade cooperation, and ecological construction. Furthermore, the discourse exhibits predominantly positive emotional tone, which may reflect neutral or descriptive reporting rather than explicit endorsement. Although the reports effectively disseminate the core meaning and features of “Chinese path to modernization”, they lack a contextualized interpretation through case analysis. This indicates that the concept has not fully integrated into the discourse system of this media, and there is still a need to enhance awareness of this concept in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Keywords

Political discourse; Chinese modernization; English translation; overseas communication

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How to cite this paper

The Dissemination and Reception of the Concept of “Chinese Path to Modernization”: A Discourse Analysis Based on MENA English News Corpus

How to cite this paper: Yijun Chen. (2025) The Dissemination and Reception of the Concept of “Chinese Path to Modernization”: A Discourse Analysis Based on MENA English News Corpus. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science9(10), 1929-1939.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2025.10.016