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This article uses Corpus-Assisted Discourse analysis to examine the image construction of the One Belt, One Road Initiative in the United States media outlets. A sample of news reports by “The New York Times” and “Associated Press,” between 23rd, 2015 to August 31 2019, were collected from LexisNexis Database. Corpus Discourse Analysis was applied to discover the Belt and Road Initiative’s representation by using corpus AntConc software. Keywords examination rejoiced a complete inclination of the Media in the representation of the initiative. This study investigated the themes in the selected corpora after that concordance lines linked with the Belt and Road were compared. New York times construct negative attributes as a new military & regional threat, a new imperialist communist state, a militant & obstructive force. In contrast, Associated Press gives more vitality to the debt concerns, bribing to get the different infrastructure projects, aggressiveness, and new obstructive force in the form of Belt and Road. The paper concludes with the recommendation that China should develop globally-minded media practice to present its stance over BRI.
Keywords: CDA ,United States, China, The New York Times, , image construction, US Newspapers, One Belt One Road Initiative,
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