An Analysis Of The Changes In The International Media's Attitude Towards The Sino-Indian Border Dispute From 1959 To 1962

Sino-Indian relations are one of the most important bilateral relations of China,and also one of the most complex bilateral relations in the international relations today.The problems left over by history make the two countries have disputes on the border issue.After the Tibetan rebellion in March 1959,the dispute between China and India on the border issue gradually expanded,enven led to the border war in 1962.In this process,many countries had communicated the development of the situation to the public through their media reports,which influenced people’s perception and guided public sentiment.Due to the influence of the country and national conditions,the media in different countries had chosen different contents,angles of presentation and reporting attitudes because of the different political considerations and other reasons.they had suppored China,or supported India,or stood neutral,or swung left and right.At the beginning of the dispute,the media of most countries supported or sympathized with India,but after the border war,the media that understood and appreciated China began to increase.To a certain extent,the media coverage of a country reflects the country’s position and attitudes on the matter.The changes in media coverage also reflected the changes in the attitude and policy of the government on the incident.