“Ultimately, the debate around the Morocco–China partnership serves not only as a barometer of shifting economic alignments but also as a mirror reflecting how North African countries perceive themselves in a changing world order. Our analysis of French, Algerian, and Tunisian media suggests that there is an understanding that China’s growing role in Morocco signals not only the end of a historical monopoly by the former colonial power in the Élysée – whether political, economic, or symbolic – but also the emergence of a new balance of power in the Maghreb.”
Bianca Pasquier is author of the issue of the ChinaMed Observer “Mediterranean anxieties over the Sino-Moroccan rapprochement: French, Algerian, and Tunisian media perspectives”.
