ChinaMED Archive

In September, most of Chinese commentators focused on the progress for Iran to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the visit to Washington made by Naftali Bennett, and the Middle Eastern tour of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.The 21st meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State took place on September 16-17 in Tajikistan's capital...

We start this issue of the ChinaMed Observer with an article published by Muhammad al-Minshawy, writing for al-Jazeera, assessing the impact of China’s rising international influence on Arab countries. Al-Minshawy claims that Arabs will inevitably increase their involvement with China, especially in light of the heavy reliance of the Chinese economy on its Arab oil and gas imports and the...

In August, the withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan almost completely monopolized the attention of Chinese media and commentators.This is why this issue of the ChinaMed Observer is shorter than usual. However,this does not mean that we did not find some interesting commentary.We begin with the review of how Chinese experts discussed the election of Ebrahim Raisi to the...

This month, our search through the media outlets of the wider Mediterranean region reflects a gloomier image than usual, as the uncertainties caused by US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the enduring rivalry between Beijing and Washington seem to have a deep impact also on the views of the MENA countries on the Chinese presence in the region.Against this background, Saudi journalist...

Israeli foreign policy under the first government without Benjamin Netanyahu, and the election of Ebrahim Raisi as the eighth Iranian president, are the two issues that dominated the Chinese debate on the wider Mediterranean region in June. Elections in Syria and the relations between Turkey and the European Union were among the topics touched upon by Chinese media and commentators as well...