Discourses of rivalry or rivalry of discourses: discursive strategies and framing of Chinese and Japanese foreign policies in Central Asia 

 -  2020 
<br/><br/> This article analyzes discursive strategies of China and Japan to integrate newly emerging Central Asian (CA) states into their internal and external policies, norms and concepts, according to which they justify both their actions in CA and CA responses to these policies. It elaborates the concept that to a certain extent, the interests of China and Japan in CA are similarly focused on mineral resources and political stability. However, these countries employ different discursive strategies to frame their approaches and goals. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>JAPAN -- FOREIGN POLICY<br/>CHINA<br/>CENTRAL ASIA