ChinaMED Observer

The ChinaMed Observer collects the analyses of the most interesting articles on the Sino-Mediterranean relation published by Chinese and Mediterranean media every month.
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February 2023

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

President Ebrahim Raisi’s state visit to Beijing from 14 to 16 February, the first by an Iranian president in more than twenty years, caught the attention of media outlets across the wider Mediterranean region this month. Leading a high-ranking political and economic delegation, Raisi met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and together oversaw the signing of twenty cooperation agreements...

December 2022

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

As expected, the first China-Arab States Summit, the China-GCC Summit for Cooperation and Development and Xi Jinping’s state visit to Saudi Arabia – all held in Riyadh from December 7 to 10 – were the main topics covered by media outlets throughout the wider Mediterranean region. During the visit, President Xi and King Salman signed a comprehensive strategic partnership committing the two...

November 2022

China looks at the Mediterranean Region

With the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the 27-year natural gas deal signed by Beijing and Doha, and the preparations for President Xi Jinping’s early December trip to Saudi Arabia, it is not surprising that the Middle East dominates this issue of the ChinaMed Observer. Confirming what we wrote in the past, Qatar continues to be praised by Chinese commentators. Zou Zhiqiang, a scholar at...

August 2022

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

This month, the debate in the wider Mediterranean region was inevitably shaped by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taiwan, which brought forth some interesting insights on the region’s different approaches to the ongoing and increasing rivalry between Washington and Beijing. In this context, it is relevant to note that many countries, especially those in the Middle East...

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...

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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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