ChinaMED Archive

As the war in Ukraine drags on, we continue to see its effects also in the Chinese commentaries on the situation in the wider Mediterranean region. While the war is perceived as a factor that might delay the evolution of the regional political landscape, it is difficult not to notice a certain degree of optimism in Chinese analyses: for them the region, especially the Middle East, is slowly but...

During the search through the media outlets of the wider Mediterranean region, we found several interesting news about the developments of China’s relations with European, Middle Eastern and North African countries, the Ethiopian crisis and more general regional and international issues.On December 1, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, visited Addis Ababa–thus becoming the first...

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...

Among the most interesting topics discussed this month in the media published throughout the wider Mediterranean region, the crisis over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia stands out. We also found a number of interesting information regarding the relations between the countries of region, China, the United States, and Europe...

An outbreak of violence in the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict commenced on May 10, 2021, although disturbances took place earlier, and continued until a ceasefire came into effect on May 21. The timing of this event is quite interesting. On the one hand, Chinese experts have been discussing for a while about the declining centrality of Palestinian issues in the Middle East. On the other...