The reform of the People’s Liberation Army: the image of China in the USA mass media
The article investigates the image of the reformed People’s Liberation Army, created by the USA mass media, as a component of the national image of China. The research based on content-analysis of news items from eight American newspapers (dated 2018-2019) identified major image associations and key features of the reform. The literature review conducted helped to distinguish four stages of China’s national image evolution in the USA mass media. The supplementary analysis of Russian mass media image of the China’s armed forces allows to contrast the Russian and the American coverage.