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Constructing a new political spectacle: tactics of Chen Shui-bian’s 2000 and 2004 Inaugural Speeches

Maria Cheng

City University of Hong Kong

This article explores how the Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian1 uses political language rhetoric as a powerful tool to defuse dangerously tense relations with China, repair relations with the US government and gain public support in the country. I focus on Chen’s inaugural speeches delivered on 20 May 20002 and 20043, which present the rationale for his new administration and his socio-political ideologies, and I review his political spectacle for Taiwan.

Key Words: Chen Shui-bian • inaugural speech • presidential rhetoric • political discourse • Taiwan

Discourse & Society, Vol. 17, No. 5, 583-608 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0957926506066297
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