论《纽约时报》对晚清中国形象的建构

On Construction of China Image in Late Qing Dynasty in the New York Times

《纽约时报》从19世纪中后期开始的有关中国的报道,全面呈现了晚清中国社会的情况,并为读者建构了一个"落后"、"觉醒"的晚清中国形象。"落后"中国体现在政治腐败、经济凋敝、军事衰败和文化落后等方面;"觉醒"中国体现历史悠久及现代化改革方面取得初步进展等方面。《纽约时报》的晚清中国形象建构信守了新闻真实性原则,坚持客观公正的报道立场,充满理性、人道的新闻精神,深刻影响了西方主流社会"中国观"的形成。

The New York Times has begun its reports on China from the middle and later 19th century, which presented a panorama of the Chinese society in its later Qing dynasty, giving the readers an image of a ＂backward＂ but ＂awaken＂ China at that time. ＂Backward＂ is for its corrupted political system, ruined economy, decayed military capacity, and lagging culture; ＂ awaken＂ is for its long history and primary progress in the modernization reforms. To construct the China image in its later Qing dynasty, the New York Time has obeyed the factuality principal, kept a neuter and just point of view, fulfilled the reports by reason and humanity, and thus deeply influenced the forming of the ＂conception of China＂ in occidental main society.