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On January 15, Israel and Hamas agreed to an armistice proposal brokered by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar, offering hope for a lasting resolution to the fighting in Gaza. The first phase of the agreement entailed a six-week ceasefire and the release of several Israeli hostages ...

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China supports an Egypt-led reconstruction plan for Gaza that would avoid the displacement of the Palestinian population. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Wednesday said: “China supports the effort by Egypt and other Arab countries to promote the continuous and effective ...

Enduring Disillusionment: The Israeli Media Debate on China in 2024

By Amanda Chen and Leonardo Bruni China was largely an afterthought for much of the Israeli media in 2024. Amid a year marked by the aftermath of the October 7 attack, wars on several fronts, and the plight of the Israeli ...

China’s Middle East Envoy Meets Palestinian, Israeli, Emirati Leaders

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BRICS Announces Numerous New Initiatives

The BRICS group wrapped up its two-day leaders’ summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The summit’s final communique is a 16,000-word doorstop that covers numerous issues from economics to education.
The communique avoids any direct mention of the United States, and references to “unilateralism” and other coded criticism are also relatively scarce. Rather, the communique keeps the focus on the BRICS’ vision of the strengthening and reform of the global multilateral system ...

China Says Welcomes Gaza Ceasefire Deal

China said Thursday that it welcomed a ceasefire agreement in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas militant group, vowing "unremitting efforts to promote peace and stability in the Middle East." "We also sincerely hope that relevant parties will take the ceasefire ...

2024 Was the Year China Was Everywhere, All the Time

Every year, the team at the China-Global South Project makes a list of what we saw as the significant China-related stories of the last twelve months. This year, the task has been especially tricky. That's not because there is a lack ...

China’s Once Tidy Mideast Policy Has Been Upended

A few months ago, China looked like it had all its Mideast diplomacy figured out. Israel and the U.S. were taking heavy hits in the court of global public opinion over the devastation caused by the war in Gaza. Each harrowing ...

Wang Yi Lays Out Expansive Chinese Foreign Policy Vision in UN Address

Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the case for a much more expansive, more assertive Chinese foreign policy during an address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Saturday. Wang spoke forcefully against Israel's military initiatives in the Middle East, ...

China Blames U.S. for Lengthening Gaza Crisis

China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Geng Shuang, said the United States is to blame for the failure to reach a ceasefire in the ongoing Gaza conflict. Addressing the UN Security Council on Monday, Geng noted that the region is almost ...

China Defense Minister Calls for ‘Negotiation’ to End Ukraine, Gaza Wars

By Ludovic Ehret Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun said Friday that "negotiation" was the only solution to conflicts such as the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, as he addressed a global gathering of military officials in Beijing.

Palestinian Responses to the Beijing Declaration

By Raphael Angieri On July 23, 2024, in a development feted by Chinese state-run media as a triumph of the country’s Middle East diplomacy, representatives of 14 Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, jointly signed the “Beijing Declaration to End Division and ...
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