"This book will be a valuable addition to the emerging literature which approaches 'Cultural China' from a discourse-analytical perspective, researching globalization and 'glocalization' as discursive hybridity." -- Norman Fairclough, Emeritus Professor, L

"This collection of studies is long overdue. Since China adopted its open door policy in the last leg of the twentieth century, the tension has been growing more intensively than ever before over localization and globalization. The contributors take it by

"The multiple approaches employed by scholars from various disciplines to study Cultural China from the discourse perspective not only make this book a significant addition to the literature, but also open a new door for understanding Chinese mind and beh

Doreen D. Wu is an associate professor in the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her primary research interests are in the area of comparative discourse studies, glocalization and multilingual media communications in the Greater China region.