Critical Discourse Analysis of Chinese Aerospace Reports in China Daily

Abstract

With the continuous development of China's aerospace industry, China Daily, as an important window for international communication, plays a crucial role in shaping and disseminating China's aerospace image. This study takes the reports on Chinese aerospace in China Daily as the research object, adopting Fairclough's three-dimensional critical discourse analysis model and corpus-assisted research methods. From the perspectives of text, discourse practice and social cultural practice, this paper explores the linguistic characteristics, discourse strategies and image construction logic of the reports. The research finds that China Daily constructs a positive and comprehensive Chinese aerospace image featuring independent innovation, peaceful development, and international cooperation through specific lexical selection, syntactic structure arrangement, and diverse citation methods. This image construction is not only closely related to China's aerospace development achievements and national diplomatic concepts but also influenced by the media's international communication orientation and cultural value transmission needs. The study is expected to provide reference for optimizing the international communication of China's aerospace discourse and enhancing the international influence of China's aerospace image.