ChinaMED Archive

Chinese commentators focused on two key issues in July. The first is US President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East – the first since he took office – that brought him to Israel and Saudi Arabia. The second is the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Tehran where he met with the leaders of Iran and Turkey. Besides these two events that almost monopolized the attention of Chinese...

In May, following the Chinese government’s announcement easing lockdown measures in Shanghai, many commentators in the wider Mediterranean region have focused on the future of the global oil markets, which have witnessed tensions and uncertainties in past months due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the global supply chain crisis aggravated by Beijing’s zero-COVID policy. Against this...

Looking through the media outlets of the wider Mediterranean this March revealed great interest in China’s expansion in Africa, especially in the Horn of Africa and Algeria through its Belt and Road Initiative. Furthermore , countries like Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia focused on their relations with Beijing with regard to the oil market...

Middle Eastern media have been paying great attention to the Ukrainian crisis as some countries of the region will be heavily hit by the supply shortage of agricultural goods from Kyiv. China’s moves are naturally among the issues discussed by regional commentators. For example, Lebanese professor of International Relations Leila Nicolas wrote that China is likely to be the biggest...

In January, two key events caught the attention of Chinese observers. The first was the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States, which invited many questions regarding the future of American foreign policy. The second was the resolution of the crisis between Qatar and Saudi Arabia that was brokered by Kuwait and the United States. Looking at other developments in...