Similarities and differences in conceptualizations of discourses of "One Belt One Road" initiative in the people’s republic of china and countries of Central Asia. Methodological aspects of media analysis
The present article aims to provide description to the discourse of “One Belt One Road” (OBOR) initiative in different language, culture and professional environments by applying analysis of text corpuses. The first corpus contains texts published by some of the highest authorities of the People’s Republic of China; the second corpus is formed by news articles and reviews from the most influential media sources of Central Asian countries. Main purpose of the analysis described in the article is to provide an informative characteristic for both discourses, identification of differences, similarities and dependencies between them and description of those dependencies. Apart from conclusions regarding structuration of identified concepts within the discourses, the article describes concrete cases that constitute, in the opinion of the authors, certain significance due to that fact that they are not recognized by the general public; the article also provides ideas about possible reasons for that significance. A special attention is paid to the application of discourse analysis for understanding of the essence of “One Belt One Road” initiative.