Ye Ma is an Associate Researcher at the College of Journalism, Communication and Publishing Sichuan University. Her research interests are in media and social thoughts, the history of Chinese Journalism in the twentieth century, and media discourse.

• 1. Theoretical Genealogy of the Left-Right Political Distinction 2. Concept Travel: Global Reference and Local Dynamics of the Left-Right 3. The Preliminary Formation of Left and Right: Introduction and Media Discourse Practice in Modern China 4. Intellectuals and Political Thought: The Left-Right Spectrum in the May Fourth Movement 5. Manufacturing Left and Right: Partisan Politics and Factional Differentiation 6. The Evolution of the Left and Right: Metaphorical Transformation and Semantic Change 7. Conclusion: Metaphor, the Press, and Historical Transformation of Chinese Political Discourse

Ye Ma is an Associate Researcher at the College of Journalism, Communication and Publishing Sichuan University. Her research interests are in media and social thoughts, the history of Chinese Journalism in the twentieth century, and media discourse.

• 1. Theoretical Genealogy of the Left-Right Political Distinction 2. Concept Travel: Global Reference and Local Dynamics of the Left-Right 3. The Preliminary Formation of Left and Right: Introduction and Media Discourse Practice in Modern China 4. Intellectuals and Political Thought: The Left-Right Spectrum in the May Fourth Movement 5. Manufacturing Left and Right: Partisan Politics and Factional Differentiation 6. The Evolution of the Left and Right: Metaphorical Transformation and Semantic Change 7. Conclusion: Metaphor, the Press, and Historical Transformation of Chinese Political Discourse

Ye Ma is an Associate Researcher at the College of Journalism, Communication and Publishing Sichuan University. Her research interests are in media and social thoughts, the history of Chinese Journalism in the twentieth century, and media discourse.

• 1. Theoretical Genealogy of the Left-Right Political Distinction 2. Concept Travel: Global Reference and Local Dynamics of the Left-Right 3. The Preliminary Formation of Left and Right: Introduction and Media Discourse Practice in Modern China 4. Intellectuals and Political Thought: The Left-Right Spectrum in the May Fourth Movement 5. Manufacturing Left and Right: Partisan Politics and Factional Differentiation 6. The Evolution of the Left and Right: Metaphorical Transformation and Semantic Change 7. Conclusion: Metaphor, the Press, and Historical Transformation of Chinese Political Discourse