ChinaMED Archive

This month’s big news item in Sino-Mediterranean relations was the state visit to China by President of the State of Palestine and of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas from June 13 to 16. This marked Abbas' fifth visit to the People's Republic since taking power almost two decades ago. During his four-day-long sojourn in Beijing, the Palestinian president met his Chinese counterpart Xi...

July was a relatively tranquil month for Sino-Mediterranean relations. The most notable event was Algerian President and Minister of Defense Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s state visit to China, which took place from July 17 to 21. On the final day of his stay, President Tebboune announced Algeria’s intention to join the BRICS and become a shareholder member of the New Development Bank...

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...

January was marked by China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang’s first diplomatic visit. For 33 consecutive years now, Africa has been the destination of the first annual overseas trip of every Chinese Foreign Minister. Qin Gang did not break this tradition, travelling to Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin and Egypt. Moreover, he also visited the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa and...

The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the possible regional consequences of the newest round of American trade restrictions on China fueled much debate in media across the wider Mediterranean region this October. Israeli experts seemed the most concerned about the US’ tech sanctions on China. In an interview for Globes, Yair Geva, head of the high-tech department...