Cross-Cultural Communication
Chinese Discourse Governance in AI Era Cross-Cultural Communication: A Perspective From Regional and Country-Specific Law Courses
Abstract
This paper discusses the construction of governance mechanisms for Chinese discourse in cross-cultural communication in the AI era according to the teaching of regional and country legal education. Knowledge learned from the area and country law courses can help students to better understand the differences in legal systems and their limitations on discourse dissemination. The development of AI technologies brings new opportunities and challenges for China in terms of discourse legitimacy and expression in international communication. New requirements are raised in response to the challenges brought by AI technologies, such as complying with different national regulations on content, privacy, and algorithms, as well as ethical issues in the automatic production and moderation of content. Based on the framework of regional legal systems, this paper proposes an adaptive governance mechanism model that combines AI technology and fine-grained legal knowledge to improve the legitimacy, cultural identity, international influence of Chinese discourse in cross-cultural communication. This paper also discusses the importance of interdisciplinary education in legal knowledge and AI literacy to better prepare practitioners for working in cross-cultural communication environments. This paper contributes to the academic discussions on using AI to empower China’s multilingual cultural communication in the world.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
AlDajani, I. M., & Leiner, M. (2024). Reconciliation, conflict transformation, and peace studies. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47839-0_1
Armour, J. (2006). Legal capital: An outdated concept? European Business Organization Law Review, 7(1), 5-27. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1566752906000053
Armson, J. (2019). Company law in the UK: Capital maintenance and reduction. Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 19(2), 385-402. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735970.2019.1622519
Balendra, S. (2024). Free speech in the puzzle of content regulation. Springer. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-75813-3.pdf
Bhabha, H. K. (1994). The location of culture. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203820551
Black, J. (2008). Constructing and contesting legitimacy and accountability in polycentric regulatory regimes. Regulation & Governance, 2(2), 137-164. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5991.2008.00034.x
Bygrave, L. A. (2020). Data protection by design and by default: Deciphering the EU’s legislative requirements. Oslo Law Review, 7(2), 105-120. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2387-3299-2020-02-02
Cao, R. (2023). Artificial intelligence and legal language translation: Opportunities and risks. Law and Contemporary Problems, 86(1), 103-129.
Contreras, J. L. (2019). The new extraterritoriality: Patent injunctions and global supply chains. North Carolina Law Review, 97(5), 1443-1492. https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol97/iss5/5
Crawford, K. (2021). Atlas of AI: Power, politics, and the planetary costs of artificial intelligence. Yale University Press.
Creemers, R. (2022). China’s social credit system: An evolving practice of control. China Perspectives, 1(129), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.4000/chinaperspectives.11714
Deng, Z. (2023). Data sovereignty and China’s personal information protection law: Between global convergence and local divergence. Computer Law & Security Review, 49, 105779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2023.105779
European Commission. (2021). Proposal for a regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act). COM/2021/206 final. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021PC0206
Floridi, L., & Cowls, J. (2021). A unified framework of five principles for AI in society. Harvard Data Science Review, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1162/99608f92.8cd550d1
Floridi, L., Cowls, J., Beltrametti, M., Chatila, R., Chazerand, P., Dignum, V., ... & Vayena, E. (2018). AI4People—An ethical framework for a good AI society: Opportunities, risks, principles, and recommendations. Minds and Machines, 28(4), 689-707. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-018-9482-5
Greenleaf, G. (2018). Global data privacy laws 2017: 120 national data privacy laws, including Indonesia and Turkey. Privacy Laws & Business International Report, 145, 10-13.
Jiang, M., & Liang, F. (2023). Governing China’s AI dream: Techno-political imaginaries and global implications. Global Media and China, 8(1), 8-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231160024
Kiggins, R. (2021). The politics of China’s AI strategy. Journal of Chinese Political Science, 26(1), 59-77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-020-09692-1
Kuner, C. (2021). The right to be forgotten and search engines: Google Spain. In C. Kuner (Ed.), Transborder data flows and data privacy law (pp. 347-364). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198870913.003.0014
Liu, H. (2022). Legal education in China: Reform, globalization, and challenges. Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 17(2), 335-357. https://doi.org/10.1017/asjcl.2022.16
Loughran, J. (2020). Pedagogy: Making sense of practice. Routledge.
Merry, S. E. (2016). The seductions of quantification: Measuring human rights, gender violence, and sex trafficking. University of Chicago Press.
Milhaupt, C. J., & Pistor, K. (2008). Law and capitalism: What corporate crises reveal about legal systems and economic development around the world. University of Chicago Press.
Qin, J. Y. (2020). Forced technology transfer and the US-China trade war: Implications for international economic law. Journal of International Economic Law, 23(3), 607-635. https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgaa027
Reichman, J. H., & Dreyfuss, R. C. (2007). Harmonization without consensus: Critical reflections on drafting a substantive patent law treaty. Duke Law Journal, 57(1), 85-130.
Risch, M. (2007). The eBay case and the future of patent law. Stanford Technology Law Review, 2007(1), 1-35.
Roberts, M. E. (2018). Censored: Distraction and diversion inside China’s Great Firewall. Princeton University Press. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691179251/censored
Sebastião, S. P., & Dias, D. F. M. (2025). AI transparency: A conceptual, normative, and practical frame analysis. Media and Communication, 13(1), 215-227. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/9419
Shen, W. (2021). Comparative law in Chinese legal education: Trends and challenges. Asian Journal of Law and Society, 8(1), 65-83. https://doi.org/10.1017/als.2021.3
Siems, M. M. (2022). Comparative law and comparative legal education. The American Journal of Comparative Law, 70(4), 713-738. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avac031
Twining, W. (2019). Globalisation and comparative law: A symposium on legal education. International Journal of Law in Context, 15(3), 295-310. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552319000191
Veale, M., & Borgesius, F. Z. (2021). Demystifying the draft EU Artificial Intelligence Act. Computer Law Review International, 22(4), 97-112. https://doi.org/10.9785/cri-2021-220402
Weber, R. H. (2021). Artificial intelligence and legal education. Journal of Legal Education, 70(2), 389-408.
Wischmeyer, T., & Rademacher, T. (Eds.). (2020). Regulating artificial intelligence. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32361-5
Yu, P. K. (2011). The rise of China in the international intellectual property regime. In W. Shan, P. Wang, & L. Sheng (Eds.), China and international law: Harmony and disharmony (pp. 40-65). Routledge.
Zeichner, K. M., & Noffke, S. E. (2001). Practitioner research. In V. Richardson (Ed.), Handbook of research on teaching (4th ed., pp. 298-330). Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.
Zhang, C. (2022). Corporate governance and discourse legitimacy in China’s capital markets. Journal of Chinese Governance, 7(3), 337-355. https://doi.org/10.1080/23812346.2022.2034543
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/13878
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
Copyright (c) 2025 Cross-Cultural Communication
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Share us to: 
Remind
We are currently accepting submissions via email only.
The registration and online submission functions have been disabled.
Please send your manuscripts to ccc@cscanada.net，or ccc@cscanada.org for consideration. We look forward to receiving your work.
Articles published in Cross-Cultural Communication are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY).
CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION Editorial Office
Address: 1055 Rue Lucien-L'Allier, Unit #772, Montreal, QC H3G 3C4, Canada.
Telephone: 1-514-558 6138
Website: Http://www.cscanada.net; Http://www.cscanada.org
E-mail:caooc@hotmail.com; office@cscanada.net
Copyright © Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture 
