Why does China need to focus on the Construction of Discourse in the Global Game of Digital Globalization?
Author
Li, Kaiyuan
Term
4. term
Publication year
2022
Abstract
This thesis examines why China should focus on building discourse in the global contest shaped by digital globalization. COVID-19 has accelerated the digital economy and data flows that are reshaping trade, governance, and everyday life, but digital globalization also inherits inequalities from the capitalist world-system and widens a North–South digital divide. The study uses world-systems theory, social constructivism, and securitization theory to analyze power structures, global games, and how narratives of a “China threat” are constructed and securitized. It discusses China’s expanding digital economy, the rise of domestic internet giants, and digital infrastructure under the Belt and Road Initiative as elements of a new phase of globalization. Against this backdrop, the thesis argues that beyond hard power, China needs to build discourse power to counter inequality and securitization and to shape rules and norms in digital globalization. The excerpt specifies the theoretical framing; detailed empirical methods and concrete findings are not fully presented.
Denne afhandling undersøger, hvorfor Kina bør fokusere på opbygningen af diskurs i den globale konkurrence, der følger af digital globalisering. COVID-19 har accelereret digital økonomi og datadrevne strømme, som ændrer handel, forvaltning og hverdagsliv, men den digitale globalisering arver også uligheder fra det kapitalistiske verdenssystem og forstærker en digital kløft mellem Nord og Syd. Afhandlingen anvender verdenssystemteori, socialkonstruktivisme og sekuritiseringsteori til at analysere magtstrukturer, globale spil og, hvordan fortællinger om en “Kina-trussel” formes og får politiske konsekvenser. Den drøfter Kinas voksende digitale økonomi, fremvæksten af nationale internetgiganter og digital infrastruktur under Bælte- og Vej-initiativet som del af en ny runde af globalisering. På denne baggrund argumenterer afhandlingen for, at Kina – ud over hård magt – må styrke sin diskursmagt for at modvirke ulighed og sekuritisering samt for at påvirke regler og normer i digital globalisering. Uddraget specificerer de teoretiske rammer; detaljer om empirisk metode og konkrete resultater fremgår ikke fuldt ud.
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