Author(s): Manya Saini
This study aims to explore the news framing of the India-China border standoff at the line of actual control (LAC) between May to July 2020. The three-month standoff at the disputed border led to a violent clash in the Galwan region with several military casualties. The Galwan Clash was covered extensively by the media and has become a landmark in the present Sino-Indian relations. This paper employs the Peace Journalism framework to assess the orientation of three newspapers, The Times of India, Hindustan Times, and The Hindu, on the established war and peace indicators. The study using content analysis of 495 news stories over the specified period, found that the news in all three national English newspapers was slanted towards the war orientation focused largely on the visible effects of the conflict, casualties, dehumanization of the opposite side, and seeking retribution.