ChinaMED Archive

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...

Unsurprisingly, the assassination of Iranian Major General Soleimani by the US military caught much of the attention of Chinese commentators. In this issue of the ChinaMed Observer, we contextualize the reaction of Chinese commentators to that event against the background of growing regional instability, especially in Libya. At the same time, we start to see some of the elements typical of...

According to Xu Qingguo, a researcher at the Institute of West Asian and African Studies (IWAAS) of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, three issues were the most prominent in the Middle East: the significant strengthening of Russia’s position in the region at the expense of the United States, Trump’s “maximum pressure” strategy on Iran and Iran’s “maximum resistance"...

November was a hot month for the debate on China in Italy. The trigger was the statement released by the Chinese embassy in Rome regarding the videoconference held on November 28, 2019 at the Italian Senate. Although the Chinese embassy warned “some Italian politicians” against giving space to Joshua Wong, a number of politicians from different political parties were present at the...