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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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...

May 2022

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

In May, following the Chinese government’s announcement easing lockdown measures in Shanghai, many commentators in the wider Mediterranean region have focused on the future of the global oil markets, which have witnessed tensions and uncertainties in past months due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the global supply chain crisis aggravated by Beijing’s zero-COVID policy. Against this...

March 2022

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

Looking through the media outlets of the wider Mediterranean this March revealed great interest in China’s expansion in Africa, especially in the Horn of Africa and Algeria through its Belt and Road Initiative. Furthermore , countries like Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia focused on their relations with Beijing with regard to the oil market...

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