The Study Of Chinese People In American Tv Drama In Recently Years

Before the1960s, given that the very distinctions between China and Americanover the political and cultural ideology, along with a long history of hostility andcontemporary friction, as well as lack of early cultural communicaions,of the"Chinese Exclusion Act" and "Yellow Peril" in the end of the century, these are madeThe image of chinese people in the americans’ screen have been distorted anddemonize,and goes to finalized and conceptualization. The image of the Chinesepeople on American screen are being misunderstood and distorted, along with theoverwhelming influence around the world of American cultural products especiallyAmerican films and teleplays, are spreading and strengthening in the presention ofChinese people in TV drama. Those images are gradually affecting the way the othercountry to see Chiese people and China.Based on the content and text analysis of73Chinese people image on15-episode series in modern American TV drama. Intends to get a better understandingof mainstream American society ’s views on China in the context of globalization ofSino-US communication and the rising of China, and try to finds thoses behindedcauses. There are5type of chinese people: officials, gang members, spies,businessmen and civilians in American TV drama. Besides the positivecharacterization of Chinese civilians being builded,the other4type of Chinese peoplewhich related to Chinese government tends to negative, Chinese people who has beendistorted and misunderstood on the American TV drama, Chinese culture has beenputed in an "other " place in american culture. To misread on the every aspects ofChinese political system, economy, military, the construction of hegemonic all overthe world for the United States, those are kind of reasons that leading to thedistoration, but not denying that provides exotic imagination "problem" to a certainextent on contemporary China. Every exotic image as a self-product of the other, therelationship between local and exotic, are we to understand the local culture andexotic understanding of reality provides a dual function.To improve soft power is themost urgently issue for China, in order to get rid of the embarrassment position inwhich Western countries have been putted China.