新冠疫情是一场对各国治理能力的重大考验。中国实施举国防疫政策，控制新冠疫情快速传播趋势。部分经济发展程度高的国家疏忽防控新冠疫情。其中美国的防疫工作乱象丛生，最为典型。西方国家对中国防控新冠疫情的态度，隐藏在西方世界的主流媒体的报道中。本文选择《纽约时报》作为西方主流媒体的代表，分析其报道内容，挖掘掩盖在报道背后的对中国新冠疫情的认识。研究发现，《纽约时报》没有根据信息透明度的提高和疫情的发展而增强报道客观程度，其标榜的“客观性”表现在涉华疫情报道上是一种“伪客观性”。《纽约时报》使用“政体原罪论”“中美交锋论”“经济风险论”“侵犯人权论”“中国威胁论”“病毒责任论”“慷慨外交论”“科研政治化”的框架组织报道内容，把中国塑造成一个威胁世界和平的“野心勃勃”的国家，迎合西方国家对中国的刻板印象。这表明“新闻客观性”只存在于“西方资本主义的意识形态和议会政治框架内”。本文认为要对以《纽约时报》为代表的西方媒体所标榜的“客观性”要有清醒的认识，反对这些媒体借所谓新闻自由抹黑中国的防疫成果。这也说明提高中国对外传播能力刻不容缓。

COVID-19 is a major test of the governance capabilities of countries. China has closed the city for epidemic prevention and implemented a nationwide epidemic prevention policy to control the rapid spread of virus. On the other hand, A few of developed countries have played down the coronavirus. America is inversely proportional to its epidemic prevention performance. The article intends to examine the American mainstream media’s attitudes towards China by analyzing t the news coverage mentioning coronavirus (covid-19) outbreaks in china by The New York Times in 2020. It is found that the NYT’s coverage of China’s handling of covid-19 are pseudo-objective. News frameworks include original sin of regime, straight fight between China and US, economic risk, China threat theory, human rights violation, generous diplomacy and virus responsibility. China is shaped as an ambitious country threatening world peace by the NYT, catering to the stereotype of China in western countries. Objectivity exists in the ideological and parliamentary political framework of western capitalism. It’s important to have a clear understanding of the objectivity of the western media and oppose these media to use so-called press freedom to smear the anti-epidemic achievements of China. At the same time, it is imperative to improve the external communication capabilities of the Chinese media. China needs to build a Chinese discourse system that integrates China and foreign countries and provides Chinese perspectives for explaining world issues.