[Purpose/Significance]Western think tanks are important institutions for observing and research-ing China,and their discursive strategies widely influence the shaping of the international community's view of China and the communication of China's image.This study aims to examine the discourse characteristics of western think tank reports on China to enhance the dissemination and influence of Chinese think tank discourse,as well as strengthen ideological discourse and leadership.[Method/Process]This paper adopts the engagement system from the Appraisal theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics as the theoretical framework.The corpus for analysis comprises China-related reports from the Overseas Development Institute,a British think tank,spanning the period from 2018 to 2022.The analytical tool AntConc 4.1.0 is employed to investigate the patterns and fea-tures of textual resources.[Result/Conclusion]The study finds that the utilization of engagement resources by the think tank showed a trend of long-term increase and a dialogic expansion,while also exhibiting more dialogic contractions.This is specifically reflected in three aspects:strategically utilizing engagement resources to inter-vene in readers'interpretations of China-related viewpoints;opening up some negotiation space,inviting readers to judge information;acknowledging positive information,excluding controversy,and reversing negative informa-tion.However,ideological bias was found in the presentation of China's overseas economic activities.This study serves as a reference for enriching the overseas voice resources of Chinese think tanks,expanding their interper-sonal functions,and constructing a discourse system for think tanks.
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智库话语/介入系统/涉华报告/英国智库/海外发展研究院
Key words
think tank discourse/engagement system/China-related reports/British think tank/Overseas Development Institute
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