Thought-provoking picture of the times in US eyes

Editor's note: An analysis of 741,576 pieces of front page news of The New York Times since 1900 shows China was headline news in 1900, 1927, 1937, 1950, 1979, 1995, 2008 and 2018. Columnist Niutanqin comments in a post:

The findings of the research indicate how the people in the United States look at China, as well as how China looks at them.

In 1900, China was invaded by the eight-nation alliance of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, which also consisted of the United Kingdom and the United States. That's how China came on the stage at the start of the 20th century.