ChinaMED Archive

In May, a pivotal event with far-reaching implications for China’s influence in the wider Mediterranean region was the Turkish general elections. The Turkish press was active in reporting and analyzing Chinese perspectives on Türkiye’s political future, specifically opinions on the two main presidential candidates: the incumbent president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the six-party opposition...

June was a relatively uneventful month for Chinese commentators and journalists covering developments in Sino-Mediterranean relations. Among the few events that garnered any significant media attention was the state visit by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Beijing. In line with the prevailing narrative since the Saudi-Iranian diplomatic rapprochement, i.e., the event that...

In April, news outlets throughout the wider Mediterranean region continued to discuss the “Beijing Agreement”, the recent China-brokered deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran to reestablish official diplomatic relations. Interest in the agreement remained high as the Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers reconvened in Beijing on April 6 to discuss its implementation. However, there was a notable...

To no one’s surprise, the joint tripartite statement released on March 10 by Iran, Saudi Arabia and China was at the center of international media coverage of Beijing’s engagement within the wider Mediterranean region in March. This joint statement, which has come to be referred to as the “Beijing Agreement,” was the result of undisclosed talks between Saudi and Iranian officials in Beijing on...

In April, the discussion among Chinese experts and commentators still revolved around what Chinese media have begun calling the “Beijing agreement” (animated by its own characteristic “Beijing spirit”) reached in mid-March. In the aftermath of the meeting between the Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers in early April, the focus shifted towards analyzing the agreement’s regional implications...