ANALISIS WACANA KRITIS JOINT STATEMENT BETWEEN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA ON ADVANCING THE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND THE CHINA-INDONESIA COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FUTURE DAN IMPLIKASINYA PADA POSISI INDONESIA DALAM ISU LAUT CINA SELATAN

Abstract

Ananda Bagus Amirul Muttaqien. 106220054. Critical Discourse Analysis Of The Joint Statement Between The People’s Republic Of China And The Republic Of Indonesia On Advancing The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership And The China- Indonesia Community With A Shared Future And Its Implications On Indonesia’s Position In The South China Sea Issue.

The signing of the Joint Statement between Indonesia and China on November 9, 2024, sparked strategic debate due to the inclusion of the phrase "overlapping claims," which contradicts Indonesia’s long-standing status as a non-claimant state under UNCLOS 1982. This study aims to dissect the implications of this discursive shift for Indonesia's sovereignty in the North Natuna Sea. Utilizing the Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA) developed by Ruth Wodak, this research analyzes discursive strategies—such as nomination, predication, and mitigation—through a four-level context model. The findings reveal a significant shift in Indonesia's maritime diplomacy orientation from a legalistic-formal approach to a functional-pragmatic one. Within the Strategic Hedging framework, the linguistic ambiguity in the document is identified as a manifestation of "complex engagement," where Indonesia attempts to manage asymmetric threats through economic interdependence (profit-maximizing) while tolerating legal risks (risk-contingency). While this strategy offers short-term stability, the study concludes that such terminology risks providing diplomatic legitimacy to China's historic claims and weakening Indonesia's legal arguments at the regional level.