The Xi’an Incident was a major event before the anti-Japanese war.It had a great impact on China and the world.American mainstream newspapers not only published detailed reports on all aspects of the incident,but also expressed their views and propositions before and after its occurrence.The reports showed that the U.S.government and newspapers were sometimes consistent while sometimes inconsistent in their attitudes toward China.The attitude of American government was determined by its national interests in the Far East and the world.The atti...