A SEMIOTIC DECODING OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE BETWEEN CHINA AND PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Autores

  • KAIYAO PENG https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8180-0867
  • FRANCISCO JOSÉ LEANDRO https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-5828
  • CATIA MIRIAM COSTA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-5661

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.16.1.14

Palavras-chave:

Portugal, China, Países de Língua Portuguesa, Narrativa Política, Semiótica, iciativa Faixa e Rota (B&RI), Relações Internacionais

Resumo

Este artigo é o primeiro de uma série que examina a forma como a China se envolve em discursos políticos de alto nível (DPN) através de discursos políticos, acordos bilaterais e multilaterais, documentos oficiais e relatórios dos media, com os países de língua portuguesa (PLP). O discurso político é um instrumento através do qual os Estados transmitem políticas, diplomacia, ideologias e imagem nacional. No caso da China, sob a liderança do Presidente Xi Jinping, tem havido um enfoque explícito na construção de um sistema de discurso robusto para melhorar as suas comunicações internacionais e projetar-se como uma potência global pacífica e positiva. Nos últimos anos, a China tem aumentado de forma constante as suas actividades de intercâmbio de alto nível com os CPS, o que motivou esta série de estudos. O presente documento centra-se especificamente em Portugal. Utilizando fontes oficiais do governo, incluindo sites do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, este estudo recolheu 32 amostras textuais de HLPD de eventos de comunicação política de alto nível (HLPCEs) que ocorreram entre março de 2013 e outubro de 2022, durante os dois primeiros mandatos do Presidente Xi. Estes eventos envolveram Xi Jinping, o antigo Chefe de Governo Li Keqiang e o Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros Wang Yi. O aspeto inovador deste estudo reside na utilização da análise semiótica para descodificar as amostras do HLPD. Esta análise conclui que a China coloca uma ênfase significativa na cooperação sustentável, particularmente no comércio e na tecnologia, ao mesmo tempo que promove os intercâmbios interpessoais e os laços humanos.

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Biografias Autor

KAIYAO PENG, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8180-0867

Doctoral candidate at the City University of Macau (China), where she focuses on the intricate dynamics between China and Portuguese-speaking countries. Her research spans political science, international relations, cross-cultural comparison, sustainable governance, and regional cooperation in the China Greater Bay Area. Peng is involved in City University of Macau’s 2024 research program “Research on the History of Relations between Macau and Portuguese-speaking Countries”, aimed at deepening the understanding of Macau’s political and cultural exchanges with Lusophone nations. In 2023, she contributed to the program “Investing in Cultural Diversity: Portuguese-speaking Countries”, sponsored by the Macau Foundation, where she authored book chapters exploring the cultural and linguistic diversity within the Lusophone world. Her academic pursuits include fostering greater understanding and cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, making significant contributions to political science and international relations.

FRANCISCO JOSÉ LEANDRO, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-5828

Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations from the Catholic University of Portugal. From 2016 to 2017, he participated in a post-doctoral research program on state monopolies in China, focusing on One Belt One Road studies. In 2014, 2017, and 2020, he was awarded the Institute of European Studies in Macau (IEEM) Academic Research Grant, a major component of the Asia-Europe Comparative Studies Research Project. From 2014 to 2018, he served as the Program Coordinator at the Institute of Social and Legal Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Saint Joseph in Macau, China. From 2018 to 2023, he was the Associate Dean of the Institute for Research on Portuguese-Speaking Countries at the City University of Macau, China. Currently, he is an Associate Professor with Habilitation in International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau (China), and Deputy Director of the Institute for Global and Public Affairs. His recent publications include: Steps of Greatness: The Geopolitics of OBOR (2018), University of Macau; The Challenges, Development and Promise of Timor-Leste (2019), City University of Macau; The Belt and Road Initiative: An Old Archetype of a New Development Model (2020), Palgrave Macmillan; Geopolitics of Iran (2021), Palgrave Macmillan; The Handbook of Special Economic Zones (2021), IGI Global; Disentangled Visions on Higher Education: Preparing the Generation Next (2023), Peter Lang Publishers; The Palgrave Handbook of Globalization with Chinese Characteristics (2023), Palgrave Macmillan; Changing the Paradigm of Energy Geopolitics: Resources and Pathways in the Light of Global Climate Challenges (2023), Peter Lang Publishers; Portuguese-speaking Small Island Developing States: The Development Journeys of Cabo Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste (2023), Palgrave Macmillan; and The Palgrave Handbook on China-Europe-Africa Relations (2025), Palgrave Macmillan. Francisco Leandro is a member of OBSERVARE (Observatory of Foreign Relations), established in 1996 as a center for studies on International Relations at the Autonomous University of Lisbon, Portugal.

CATIA MIRIAM COSTA, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-5661

Researcher at the Centre for International Studies and an Invited Assistant Professor at Iscte — University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal). She is Director of the Chair of Interregionalism and Global Governance at the European Institute of International Studies (Stockholm/Salamanca). She has coordinated and participated as a researcher in several international research projects financed by the European Commission, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the CYTED — Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development. She also develops teaching and research sessions with the University of Macao, the University of Granada, and the City University of Macao. She has published several scientific articles and book chapters in international journals and printing houses. She has also published regularly in the periodical press and has commented on Portuguese news channels.

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Publicado

2025-05-20

Edição

Vol. 16 N.º 1 (2025)

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