ChinaMED Archive

The ChinaMed Archive contains our collection of Chinese and Mediterranean media analyses published between November 2017 and July 2023.

March 2018

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

China received relatively low attention within the Mediterranean media in March. Of the articles that were published, business with China was the center focus. However, a few also revealed how China's expanding economic presence in the region has caused some involuntary discomfort, at least in Israel and Yemen.In Israel, debate concerning the role of Chinese companies...

February 2018

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

In February, the Mediterranean media focused on the issue of maintaining a balanced trade relationship with China. Even when compared to the low attention paid to more political aspects of the Chinese presence in the region, economic preoccupations clearly dominated this month's issue of the Bulletin. The only exception is...

January 2018

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

While the economy has been at the center stage in previous issues of the ChinaMed Observer, much of the focus in the reporting made by the Mediterranean media in the first month of 2018 has been on politics.To begin with, Israel is still reflecting on how the US President's decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem will impact the country and its relations with...

December 2017

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

While diplomatic issues were at the center of articles published by the Chinese media, their Mediterranean counterparts focused heavily on economic issues. To be sure, only the Algerian Djazairess published a diplomacy-related article praising China's position on the status of Jerusalem.Iran is pushing to expand energy cooperation within the financial domain...

July 2022

China looks at the Mediterranean Region

Chinese commentators focused on two key issues in July. The first is US President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East – the first since he took office – that brought him to Israel and Saudi Arabia. The second is the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Tehran where he met with the leaders of Iran and Turkey. Besides these two events that almost monopolized the attention of Chinese...

June 2022

China looks at the Mediterranean Region

In June, Chinese commentators focused on four main issues: the First China-Horn of Africa Peace, Good Governance and Development Conference; Turkey’s role in Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO; the background to President Biden’s trip to the Middle East; as well as the foreign policy of oil-producing countries in the region. The aforementioned First China-Horn of Africa Peace...

May 2022

China looks at the Mediterranean Region

Chinese experts and commentators have focused on three main issues in May: the growing risk of a food crisis in the Middle East and North Africa as a consequence of the war in Ukraine, the relationship between Turkey and NATO, and Iran’s role in the changing relationship between Israel and some Arab countries.“ The year 2022 will be a disastrous year for Sudan. There are many issues, such as...

April 2022

China looks at the Mediterranean Region

Like during the previous month, Chinese observers have paid great attention to Turkey’s stance vis-à-vis Russia, as well as to the recent trip made by the U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to the Middle East. Much of the content of the commentaries made on these two topics remained largely consistent with that of the past month. The clashes between the Israeli and the Palestinians in...

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Published with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation pursuant to art. 23-bis of Presidential Decree 18/1967. The views expressed in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

Published with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation pursuant to art. 23-bis of Presidential Decree 18/1967. The views expressed in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

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