Analysing Intertextuality and Value-Laden Assumptions of the Elite Press -The case of China-US con/divergent interests in the Persian Gulf

摘要

This paper aims to identify whether the "elite-cum-official consensus" exists in the US press with regard to China-US divided interests over international affairs such as the 2012 Hormuz Crisis. Based on a critical discourse analysis of the sampled newspaper, this paper reaches the following conclusions: (1) these papers tended to contextualize China's behaviour in this region within the economic framework; (2) value-laden assumptions are also made, as they were allocating China certain roles/responsibilities to coordinate the US-led sanction against Iran. It reaffirms the necessity to strengthen the China-US diplomatic dialogue between top officials and elite discourses so as to avoid unnecessary confrontations.