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Australia's top diplomat to visit Samoa, Tonga trailing Chinese counterpart
AFP, Published on 01/06/2022
» SYDNEY: Australia's recently sworn-in Foreign Minister Penny Wong is heading back to the Pacific Islands Wednesday, travelling to Samoa and Tonga just days after her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
Pacific nations reject China security pact
AFP, Published on 31/05/2022
» SUVA (FIJI) - Ten Pacific island nations rebuffed China's push for a wide-ranging regional security pact Monday, amid worries the proposal was designed to pull them into Beijing's orbit.
China hosts Pacific islands meeting in Fiji, security ties in focus
Reuters, Published on 30/05/2022
» SUVA: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds a meeting with counterparts from 10 Pacific island nations in Fiji on Monday, midway through a diplomatic tour of the region where China's ambitions for wider security ties has caused concern among US allies.
Samoa signs 'collaboration' pact with China
Published on 28/05/2022
» Samoa signed a bilateral agreement with China on Saturday, promising “greater collaboration” as Beijing’s foreign minister continues a South Pacific tour that has sparked concern among Western allies.
Western powers sound alarm on China plan for South Pacific
AFP, Published on 26/05/2022
» HONIARA - Western powers sounded the alarm Thursday over leaked plans to dramatically expand China's security and economic reach in the South Pacific, in what one regional leader called a thinly veiled effort to lock island states into "Beijing's orbit".
Protest walkout at Apec talks in Bangkok
Published on 21/05/2022
» Representatives of five economies including the United States and Japan walked out of the Apec trade ministers’ meeting in Bangkok on Saturday, in protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Thai government source said.
Indonesia police use water cannon against protesters
AFP, Published on 10/05/2022
» Indonesian police used water cannon against protesters in the province of Papua on Tuesday, after thousands came out to oppose plans to for a major redistricting in the restive region.
Solomon Islands says won't allow Chinese military base
Reuters, Published on 01/04/2022
» SYDNEY: Amid a regional backlash, the Solomon Islands said on Friday it would not allow a Chinese military base in the Pacific islands nation despite its plans to sign a security pact with Beijing.
China, Solomon Islands agree controversial security pact
AFP, Published on 31/03/2022
» The Solomon Islands on Thursday said it had inked a wide-ranging security pact with Beijing, an agreement Western allies fear will pave the way for the first Chinese military foothold in the South Pacific.
Indonesia preparing tough new curbs for online platforms
Reuters, Published on 23/03/2022
» SINGAPORE/JAKARTA: Indonesia is readying tough new rules that will allow it to fine and criminally charge internet and social media platforms, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, potentially slowing online firms' rapid growth in a $70 billion market.