THE EVOLUTION OF NARRATIVES ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM IN XI JINPING’S FOREIGN POLICY DISCOURSE, 2013–2024
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https://doi.org/10.17072/2218-1067-2026-1-104-114Keywords:
Xi Jinping, foreign policy, international system narratives, global governance, China, community of common destiny, discourse analysisAbstract
The article is devoted to strategic narratives about the international system in the foreign policy dis-course of the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping. An analysis of their evolution revealed the growing influence of Chinese political thought in shaping the modern world order, which is a topic of great academic and practical interest. The paper aims to systematize the stages and study the semantic transformations of key concepts in the vision of the international system presented by the Chinese leader, reflecting Beijing's new priorities in global governance and cooperation. The conduct-ed study reveals the strategic dynamics in official Chinese narratives: from the initial emphasis on globalist universalism and interdependence to the consistent construction of an alternative center of power to the West, based on specific Chinese political values and models. This shift emphasizes the growing role of Chinese political thought in shaping ideas about the modern and future world order, which is of significant academic and practical interest. In conclusion, the importance of further study-ing the peculiarities of constructing the official discourse of the Chairman of the PRC for understand-ing both the country’s foreign policy and its adaptation to the changing strategic agenda in the world as a whole is emphasized.References
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