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| Dialogue and Confrontation: A Study on“ the South China Sea Arbitration” in the Context of Media Diplomacy |
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Abstract Since July 12th, 2016, when the Hague tribunal announced the substantive issues on “the South China Sea arbitration”, reports on the case attracted worldwide attention. In fact, since 2013, when the Philippines Aquino government unilaterally filed for the arbitration to the Hague tribunal, “the South China Sea dispute” has been the focus of international attention. The paper tries to study the Chinese and the Philippines leading English newspapers coverage of the arbitration from the perspective of media diplomacy with frame analysis. Major finding is that the media frame of “bilateral negotiations” vs. “multilateral diplomacy” and that of “illegal” vs. “legally⁃binding” can be included into the framework of “the rising powers” vs. “ the incumbent powers ”, which reflects completely different attitudes of “ dialogue ” and “confrontation” of China and the Philippines towards the “South China Sea dispute”.
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2017, Vol. 25 
