1. 研究目的与意义（文献综述）

1. brief introduction to the sino-us trade war 2018

the disputes andfrictions cannot be avoided with the closer international exchange, however, neverbefore in history have we come to the stage when the interaction andinterdependence of countries are of much importance. as the advocator and thepractitioner of the shared-fate community, china is always committed to thepeaceful way when encounter the confrontations, while in 2017 united states arbitrarilyinitiated the 301 investigation to china regardless the rules of wto and ignitedthe line of trade war with the 60 billion dollars tariff in march 2018. within the same day, china countered back with extra 15%to 25% tariff of seven kinds of commodities that imported from the us includingfruits, nuts, pork, aluminum scrap and etc. that is the beginning of the 2018 sino-us trade war and so far it has held seven rounds of high-leveleconomic and trade consultations between china and us.

it is self-evidentthat every move of china and us, the largest two economies in the world, willattract much attention. last year, mass media at home and aboard followed up wherethis affair would go to with ardor, and consequently, numerous reportsexplored.

2. 研究的基本内容与方案

1. research questions:

1.what are the similarity and diversities in the lexical choice and text featureof the two mainstream media, china daily and washington post.

2.what are the hidden ideologies of china and the us embodied on the reports?

3. 研究计划与安排

before 1st january : settlement of the title

before 1stmarch: submission of the outline

before 15thapril : submission of the first draft

4. 参考文献（12篇以上）

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