Return to normality? Commentary on Joe Biden, Donald Trump and the 2020 US presidential election in China Daily

Journalism (London, England) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI:10.1177/14648849231190231

Fangyuan Liu

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This paper examines the critical commentary on Joe Biden, Donald Trump and the 2020 United States presidential election in China’s English-language newspaper China Daily. A thematic analysis was conducted of all the relevant opinion and editorial pieces (op-eds) published in China Daily two months before and after the release of the US presidential election results. Thematic analysis showed that China Daily was highly critical of Trump, especially for politicizing the COVID-19 pandemic and exercising restrictions on China. China Daily’s attitudes towards Biden were more varied, with appraisal of Biden’s cabinet selections and suggestions for the Biden administration’s priorities. The newspaper constructed a Biden/Trump dichotomy that ultimately serves to strengthen the narrative of China as a reliable country in contrast with the hypocritical United States. China Daily situated the commentary on the 2020 US election into the discussion of political stability, the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate change crisis, and frequently used strategies of othering the US and victimizing China to present China as a responsible alternative world power pursuing global cooperation and harmony.

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回归正常?《中国日报》对乔·拜登、唐纳德·特朗普和2020年美国总统大选的评论

本文考察了中国英文报纸《中国日报》对乔·拜登、唐纳德·特朗普和2020年美国总统大选的批评性评论。对美国总统大选结果公布前后两个月《中国日报》发表的所有相关观点和社论进行了专题分析。专题分析显示，《中国日报》强烈批评特朗普将新冠肺炎疫情政治化，对中国实施限制措施。《中国日报》对拜登的态度更为多样，对拜登的内阁人选进行了评价，并对拜登政府的优先事项提出了建议。该报构建了拜登/特朗普的二分法，最终有助于强化中国作为一个可靠国家的叙事，与虚伪的美国形成鲜明对比。《中国日报》将对2020年美国大选的评论置于政治稳定、新冠肺炎疫情、气候变化危机的讨论之中，频繁使用“做美国的”、“害中国的”策略，将中国塑造成追求全球合作与和谐的负责任的替代世界大国。

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