ChinaMED Archive

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...

Media from the wider Mediterranean region covers meetings between Chinese and local officials. Among them, the comments written by Nozad Hasan for the Iraqi newspaper al-Zaman is the most interesting one. As noted in the previous issue of the ChinaMed Bulletin, many commentators expressed doubts about the usefulness of the visit of the Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi to Beijing in...

This issue of the ChinaMed Observer/Bulletin presents to you some extremely interesting commentaries from Syria and Iran that offer a unique perspective into how the debate on China has been developing in those two countries. The other articles that the researchers of the ChinaMed team have discovered this month continue to highlight some of the patterns that we have already identified in...

We begin the review of Mediterranean media with news of contrasting trends in the economic relations between Greece and China, on the one hand, and Spain and China, on the other hand. Greek media expresses optimism in the development of the Sino-Greek relations and describes China as an important actor— committed to help the Southern European economy in its recovery. Indeed, in June, China...