Analysis on The Framing and Evolution Trend of Sino Us Narratives Under the Crisis of The New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic

Abstract

Strategic narratives are meaning-making devices implemented by political actors and constitute a discourse weapon for great power competition. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, discourses of fear, conspiracy theories, exclusive nationalism and populism are spreading rapidly on social media platforms. The “other” narrative is committed to deconstructing the other party’s leadership legitimacy and advancing narrative coercion and emotion. mobilization. During the first half of the epidemic, the Trump administration’s rhetoric and hostile narrative caused Sino-US trust to spiral downward. In the postepidemic era, the new Biden administration came to power and provided a window of opportunity to break the narrative inertia. As a typical establishment president, although Biden will still emphasize competition with China, his narrative style is more rational and balanced. In response to the Biden administration's narrative orientation of relative restraint, maintaining "strategic patience" and limited multilateralism, China can adopt a more diversified narrative response strategy and "walk slowly" to reshape the narrative space between China and the United States.