Chao Lu

List of John Benjamins publications in which Chao Lu is involved.

Journal

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Edited by Henning Klöter and Ke Zhang

ISSN 0957-6851 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9838

Title

Asian Perspectives on Queer Discourse

Edited by Ke Zhang and Chao Lu

Special issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 33:2 (2023) vi, 152 pp.

Lu, Chao 2025 In pursuit of childfree lifestyle? Discursive legitimation of Chinese childfree women on RedNote Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 35:2, pp. 133–156 | Article

The present research examines how childfree women in mainland China legitimate their lifestyle choices through self-narratives on RedNote. With a focus on 90 high-engagement posts using legitimation strategies, this article identifies several themes regarding RedNote posts. These themes… read more

Sui, Mingyue and Chao Lu 2025 Review of Jiang (2024): Consumer Nationalism in China: Examining its Critical Impact on Multinational Businesses Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 35:1, pp. 111–114 | Review

Li, Wei 2024 Review of Price & Harbisher (2022): Power, Media and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Framing Public Discourse Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 34:1, pp. 128–131 | Review

Lu, Chao 2023 Review of Kong (2019): Oral Histories of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong: Unspoken but Unforgotten Asian Perspectives on Queer Discourse, Zhang, Ke and Chao Lu (eds.), pp. 251–254 | Review

Lu, Chao, Jingyuan Zhang and Ke Zhang 2023 Sexual anti-languages on social media: A Chinese case study Asian Perspectives on Queer Discourse, Zhang, Ke and Chao Lu (eds.), pp. 137–158 | Article

The past decades have witnessed a growing preoccupation with gay languages across the world. However, little attention has been devoted to gay language in the Chinese context. To address the gap, this article examined the case of gay language used on a Chinese social media. Specifically… read more