Chapter 2. China’s MoFA’s press conferences as a communicative activity type

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 2. China’s MoFA’s press conferences as a communicative activity type 30
6. Chapter 3. Confrontational maneuvering by dissociation 43
7. Chapter 4. Confrontational maneuvering by personal attack 63
8. Chapter 5. Confrontational maneuvering by declaring a standpoint unallowed or indisputable 86
9. Chapter 6. Other modes of confrontational maneuvering and combinations of modes 116
10. Chapter 7. Uncompromising detached confrontational argumentative style 147
11. Chapter 8. Conclusion 161
12. References 177
13. Index 185