This article focuses on Zhao’s main concerns -- how to build an alternative paradigm to replace global capitalism and the role of critical communication scholars in the process. Zhao applied the concept of “critical cosmopolitanism” to criticize two dominant epistemologies -- the Westcentrism and Chinese Nationalism -- which work as a pair of contradictions and need to be deconstructed simultaneously. This article examines the historical conditions of the possibility of building the international critical
linkage to realize critical cosmopolitanism. I argue that there are three “dialogue chasms” which impede the building of critical dialogue space inside China, between China and Taiwan, and between Non-West and West. The way to cross these “dialogue chasms” is to build radical alternative
media based on ordinary people’s experiences, especially disenfranchised groups. Through radical alternative media, people in different areas exchange their daily struggle experiences, have sympathy for the suffering of others, and build deeper insight into the structure.