Shi-xu is Changjiang Distinguished Professor, Director of the Institute of Discourse and Cultural Studies, and Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Discourse Studies, Zhejiang University, China. He is founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Multicultural Discourses and General Editor of Cultural Discourse Studies Series. His books in English include: Cultural Representations, A Cultural Approach to Discourse, Read the Cultural Other (lead-editor), Discourse as Struggle (editor), Discourse and Culture.

hinese Discourse Studies presents an innovative and systematic approach to discourse and communication in contemporary China. Incorporating Chinese philosophy and theory, it offers not only a distinct cultural paradigm in the field, but also a culturally sensitive and effective tool for studying Chinese discourses. In addition to paradigmatic construction, the book applies this new framework to local and global issues in present-day China, such as human rights, trade disputes and urban development. This book unpacks the critical implications for understanding cultural diversity, division and development both within the discipline and beyond, making it an invaluable resource researchers of discourse analysis, Chinese studies, and cultural studies.