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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December 2019

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

In December 2019, it was the articles published by media in Italy, Iran, Syria, and Iraq that captured our attention as it was revealed both how important events impacted China’s image in those countries, as well as new details regarding the cooperation between them and China. We begin our analysis with a series of letters published in the Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera, one in late...

July 2019

China looks at the Mediterranean Region

As tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and between Iran and the United States continue, Iran and American policy in the Middle East, unsurprisingly, received significant attention in Chinese media. Overall, Chinese commentators remain skeptical about the break out of a war between Washington and Tehran, although they do acknowledge that...

June 2019

China looks at the Mediterranean Region

The economic element of the Trump administration’s “Deal of the Century,” which was unveiled at the “Peace to Prosperity” workshop in Manama on June 25-26, did not convince Chinese commentators even before Donald Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner went to Bahrain. “Since the ‘Deal of the Century’ clearly deviates from the ‘two-state solution’ recognized by the international community...

April 2019

China looks at the Mediterranean Region

Chaos reigns in the Mediterranean region and that, according to Chinese commentators, provides some opportunity and many more challenges. Greece joining the cooperation platform between Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) is surely a piece of positive news for China. However, the worsening of the relations between Iran and the United States continues to trouble Chinese observers and...

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...

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