Mekasha, Mekuria (Assistant professor)Abdella, Abrahim2019-08-262023-11-082019-08-262023-11-082019-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/18820To begin with the international relations are relation between two or more sovereign states and it could be people to people, political, economic and social relations. Diplomacy is one aspect in making any international relationship. Ethiopia and China have made fruitful exchanges in terms of political, economic and social areas and also enjoyed closer bilateral cooperation, since the establishment of their diplomatic ties in 1970‘s. This study aimed to examine how the EBC and CGTN media outlets cover and represent the contemporary issues related to Ethio-Chinese relationship, and the study was situated within the broader theoretical frames of Media framing theory and Media representation theory. The study also used the pure qualitative research method and employed the textual analysis method, with an open ended interview in research process. And to this end the EBC and CGTN media outlets were selected purposefully and their selected online version of the news stories which include the time period from January 2018 to January 2019, were collected from their websites. In addition data was also gathered from reporters and key informants of both EBC and CGTN through the interview method. The analysis and discussions of this study demonstrates that EBC and CGTN online news narratives were used the frames like; common interest engagement frame, creating harmonious world frame, south-south cooperation frame, national interest‘s priority frame and non-interventionist policy frame in articulating the China-Ethiopia relations. Based on the findings the researcher concluded that EBC‘s online news stories mostly focused on development oriented positive discourses in describing the relationship of China and Ethiopia. While, the CGTN online news narratives was presented on both the positive and the negative sides. In another way EBC frames the issues in a positive ways and in a way it further strength the cooperation. However, CGTN frames the issues according to the story itself; it can be framed positively or negatively framed. EBC online news stories was highly relies on government officials as their sources for the news and mostly focus on success stories, while CGTN come across different sources from officials to the mass ordinary people. Moreover the study in its finding conclusion confirmed that the EBC and CGTN media outlets were more constructive and likewise they emphasized the elite-based and development-oriented discourses and arguments in covering and presenting the issues related to Ethiopia-China. Finally, based on findings the researcher forwarded some of possible recommendationsenJournalismeThesis