ChinaMED Archive

The commentaries published by Chinese media in September were not particularly insightful as they mostly repeated themes in the Chinese narrative about the region that we have already identified in the past. Most of them focused on the impact of the normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain in the Middle East–especially on the future of...

This month, Chinese commentaries on the events taking place in the wider Mediterranean region revolve around four main issues: the devastating explosion in the port of Beirut, the normalization of the diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the tensions in the East Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Greece, and Wang Yi’s visit to Europe. Among the different...

August was a month full of interesting commentaries that suggests a sharp downward turn in the relations between China and some of the key countries in the wider Mediterranean region. In particular, terrible news come from Iraq pertaining to the future of the so-called “oil-for-reconstruction” deal between China and Iraq. This month we also cover interesting news in Israel, Iran, Lebanon...

The Middle East is the focal point of this month’s ChinaMed Observer. In light of the discussion at the United Nations regarding the extension of the arms embargo against Iran and the announcement of a 25-year agreement between Tehran and Beijing, we start our review of Chinese media in Iran. Nonetheless, other interesting commentaries on Syria, Libya, and Palestine were also published in...

We found a number of very interesting articles published by the media of the wider Mediterranean region that provide important insights into some of the most interesting aspects of China’s relations with the countries there. Though we selected articles published by the media of a number of countries for this month’s review, the most interesting ones were those from Iran and Lebanon.