ChinaMED Archive

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

November 2020

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

The search through the media published in the wider Mediterranean region brought to light a series of very interesting news, especially from Iraq, Greece, Israel, and Turkey. The mystery continues in Iraq regarding the fate of the so-called “oil-for-reconstruction” agreement signed in late 2019 between the then-Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, and his Chinese counterpart, Premier Li Keqiang...

October 2020

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

October’s articles and commentaries coming from the media published in the wider Mediterranean region were extremely interesting as they suggest that China might meet rising challenges in its attempt to maintain good relations with every country and avoid being drawn into one of the many regional hotspots. Against this background, it is even more interesting to note that, perhaps, it is in...

September 2020

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

As per usual, the articles published by the wider Mediterranean region’s media offer interesting insights into how China is perceived. Among the most valuable ones, we found commentaries published in Iran that further shed light on the local perception of the much-discussed new cooperation agreement between Beijing and Tehran. China’s role in Gulf and eastern Mediterranean security...

August 2020

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

August was a month full of interesting commentaries that suggests a sharp downward turn in the relations between China and some of the key countries in the wider Mediterranean region. In particular, terrible news come from Iraq pertaining to the future of the so-called “oil-for-reconstruction” deal between China and Iraq. This month we also cover interesting news in Israel, Iran, Lebanon...

November 2021

China looks at the Mediterranean Region

In November, one of the most interesting issues discussed by Chinese commentators is the conflict in Ethiopia and its impact on China. Beyond that, the articles published by Chinese media touched upon the developments in several countries of the wider Mediterranean region, from Turkey to Italy, from Iran to Tunisia.The conflict in Ethiopia between the Ethiopian central government and the...

October 2021

China looks at the Mediterranean Region

With the worsening of the conflict in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia between government forces and the Tigray Defense Forces, and the coup in Sudan led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, it is not surprising to see Chinese commentators pay attention to these events. Additionally, Chinese media also published articles and commentaries on the situation in Libya, Iran, and, in another part of the...

September 2021

China looks at the Mediterranean Region

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...

August 2021

China looks at the Mediterranean Region

In August, the withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan almost completely monopolized the attention of Chinese media and commentators.This is why this issue of the ChinaMed Observer is shorter than usual. However,this does not mean that we did not find some interesting commentary.We begin with the review of how Chinese experts discussed the election of Ebrahim Raisi to the...

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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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