Discourse Representation of Covid-19 Editorials between China Daily and the New York Times

Since the first COVID-19 pandemic hit China in December 2019, there is a “narrative battle” between and US. Misleading prejudicial coverage of respective countries has arisen, further influencing public’s opinion leading to discrimination. Although scholars have begun explore media reports during pandemic, very little known about how reported, discussed, presented Chinese American from Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) perspective. This study investigates linguistic units per se, studies in-depth power relations social phenomena through employing three-dimensional model (Fairclough, 1992, 1995). It analyzes 2 editorials Daily (CD) New York Times (NYT) evaluate crisis represented textually, discursively, socially CD NYT. finds that both NYT contribute rise sentiments opposing each other. The authors suggest global powers should responsibility cooperate with other at this critical time instead battle”.