ChinaMED Archive

This month, we found a number of very interesting articles pertaining to key events in the wider Mediterranean region that help us to better understand the Chinese point of view and approach towards this region. Turkish domestic and foreign policy received significant attention from Chinese scholars. The conflict in Libya, too, was at the center of a number of articles. As always...

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...

In this issue of the ChinaMed Observer, we cannot but pay great attention to how the discussion on the yet-to-be-finalized agreement between China and Iran has evolved in the Iranian media. Other important issues that we found in the media published in the wider Mediterranean region include the discussion on how to balance the relations between the West and China in Lebanon, Sino-French...

In April, Chinese commentators mostly focused on three issues: the impact of COVID-19 on the conflicts in region, the performance of the pandemic in different countries, and the relations between Iran and the United States. Chinese media also widely reported on the decision made by OPEC countries and Russia to cut oil production to try to stabilize the energy market. However, we have not found...

The spread of COVID-19 to many countries in the wider Mediterranean region has occupied significant space in Chinese media in March. However, Chinese commentators have not forgotten other ongoing crises, especially those in Libya and Syria. Chinese media have leveraged the comments made by foreign scholars and politicians in order to strengthen the narrative about China’s responsible...