| The Boxer Movement is a historical event that connects Chinese history and world history, which has not only been described by abundant historical materials, but also been reported by various newspapers and magazines. The Times of London is a leading newspaper in the English world, which stands for the mainstream voice in the west. This thesis aims at presenting the news reports and opinions about China made by the Times during the period of the Boxer Movement and tries to evaluate the accuracy of the reports by comparing them with the available historical materials, in order to find out the reasons for the mis-interpreting and devious opinions of the Times in the interpreting process.The main body of the thesis is made up of the introduction and four chapters.The Introduction explains the significance of the topic, relevant academic research, historical materials, study methods and the definition of the terms in the title.Chapter I studies the reports about the Boxer movement. The Boxer Movement is an important event that leads to the diplomatic negotiations between the Qing court and the foreign powers and the following invasion upon China by the allied army. The Times paid attention to the Boxer Movement much slower compared to the English, newspapers in China. It regards the Qing court as the intentional fomenter of the Boxer Movement, while ignoring the influences of the foreign invasions and the responsibility of the foreign missionaries.Chapter II studies the reports about China of The Times from May 28th to June 16th. Because of the prejudice upon the Qing court and the mis-understanding of the Chinese texts, The Times mis-interpreted the decrees released by the Qing court and ignored the positive measures taken by the Qing court, so that it criticized the Qing court for being the complicity of the Boxer Movement, advocated war against China to protect the British interests in China and asked that the Dowager Empress Cixi should be deposed and the Emperor Kuangsu should be supported as the legitimate ruler. Morrison, the Peking correspondent of The Times didn't report the improper... |
