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July 3, 2026Metaphor and Symbol

How Xi Jinping Talks About Poverty Alleviation: Metaphor as a Discursive Strategy in China’s Poverty Alleviation Discourse

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XLX D LiXWXu Wen

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This analysis explores metaphors in Xi Jinping’s speeches on poverty alleviation, suggesting implications for policy reasoning.

Key Points

  • This research investigates the role of metaphors in Xi Jinping’s poverty alleviation discourse, focusing on how they shape policy reasoning.
  • Applied conceptual metaphor theory and critical metaphor analysis
  • Analyzed speeches contained in '习近平扶贫论述摘编' (Eradicating Poverty)
  • Conducted both quantitative and qualitative analyses of metaphor types
  • Identified three major metaphor types: CLOTHING (poverty as shabby clothes/hats), WAR (poverty as an enemy), and DISEASE (poverty as a disease)
  • Found that metaphors influence policy reasoning positively and negatively
  • Highlighted cross-linguistic commonalities and variations in metaphor usage

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Li et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4752775c29257aa2579185https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2025.2603218
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