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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May 2020

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

This month, our review of the media reports published in the wider Mediterranean region focuses on the debate surrounding the “oil-for-reconstruction” agreement between Iraq and China; Sino-French competition in Morocco, Algeria, and Lebanon; the Iranian discussion about the relations with China; and continuing criticism from a number of countries about how China handled the Covid-19 outbreak...

February 2020

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

In February, the number of COVID-19 cases was still limited in the Mediterranean region. Hence, the media of the countries in the wider Mediterranean region mostly focused on the economic impact of the virus. Interestingly, some, mostly commentators in the Gulf, framed the appearance of the virus as a sign of divine punishment.We found expressions of concern regarding the impact of the Chinese...

March 2020

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

As cases of COVID-19 have increased, the pandemic has accordingly become the main topic of discussion in the media of the wider Mediterranean region as many are worried about the health and economic damages that it will cause. Indeed, regardless of the geographical position, there has emerged a region-wide consensus that the pandemic broke out in a moment of extreme social and economic...

January 2020

The Mediterranean Region looks at China

In the first month of 2020, Mediterranean media published a number of extremely interesting articles. The coverage of China’s activities and relations with Mediterranean countries was, somehow surprisingly, rather positive. This is especially the case in Israel. At the same time, we found detailed commentaries on the oil-for-reconstruction agreement signed by the Chinese and Iraqi government in...

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...

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