The New York Times has begun its reports on China from the middle and later 19th century， which presented a panorama of the Chinese society in its later Qing dynasty， giving the readers an image of a “backward” but “awaken” China at that time. “Backward” is for its corrupted political system， ruined economy， decayed military capacity， and lagging culture; “awaken” is for its long history and primary progress in the modernization reforms. To construct the China image in its later Qing dynasty， the New York Time has obeyed the factuality principal， kept a neuter and just point of view， fulfilled the reports by reason and humanity， and thus deeply influenced the forming of the “conception of China” in occidental main society.