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China Ally Kiribati Criticizes Beijing Missile Launch
Kiribati's pro-China president has said his nation "does not welcome" Beijing's recent test firing of a ballistic missile in the Pacific, rare criticism from a staunch regional ally. In a social media post, Taneti Maamau's office stated that the South Pacific ...
Solomon Islands Voices ‘Concern’ Over Pacific Police Deal
Solomon Islands on Friday aired reservations about a landmark Pacific policing deal brokered by Australia, saying it should not preclude them from working alongside newfound ally China. "There is one thing that is not so much nagging us, but it's of ...
Pacific Bloc Backs Joint Police Plan, Maintains Taiwan Ties
Pacific leaders wrapped up a key summit in Tonga on Friday, endorsing a major joint policing initiative and rebuffing moves from China's regional allies to sideline long-term partner Taiwan. Leaders trickled back to the capital, Nuku'alofa, after an overnight island retreat, ...
Pacific Island Leaders Endorse Joint Policing Plan
Pacific Island leaders endorsed a landmark regional policing plan Wednesday at a summit in Tonga, a contentious move seen as trying to limit China's security role in the region. Leaders unveiled a plan to create up to four regional police training ...
Big Polluters Urged to Pay as Key Pacific Summit Opens in Tonga
By Steven Trask Emissions-belching nations were challenged to stump up for climate-related damage as a key Pacific islands summit opened on Monday, with low-lying Tuvalu declaring: "If you pollute, you should pay." The Pacific Islands ...
Key Summit Opens at ‘Pivotal’ Time for Pacific Islands
The top summit for Pacific island nations opened Monday in the Kingdom of Tonga, drawing global attention to the region's climate plight and its role in an unfolding great power rivalry. Melodic Tongan choir singers and dancing school children in traditional ...
Kiribati Poll Results Show Pro-China Leader Retains Parliamentary Seat
Kiribati's pro-China president retained his parliamentary seat in a landslide, according to the first results on Thursday of an election that hinged on worries about the cost of living, rising sea levels, and closer ties with Beijing. Results posted by the ...
Kiribati Votes in Test for Pro-China Government
Polls opened in the Pacific nation of Kiribati on Wednesday after a campaign dominated by the increasing cost of living, rising sea levels, and questions about the benefit of deeper ties with China. Across more than a dozen islands and atolls ...
Kiribati’s Pro-China Government Faces Election Test
Pacific nation Kiribati will begin voting in a general election this week, a poll that will test the strengthening ties between China and the government of the climate-threatened archipelago. The vote on Wednesday in tiny Kiribati—a country of scattered atolls and ...
United States Opens Vanuatu Embassy Amid Pacific Rivalry With China
The United States said Friday it has officially opened an embassy in Vanuatu, part of ongoing efforts to parry China's influence in the strategically important South Pacific. Washington has been opening embassies in a string of South Pacific states, a burst ...
China Props up Solomon Islands’ Budget With $20 Million Injection
The Solomon Islands will prop up its government budget with a $20 million injection from China, the developing Pacific state said Tuesday, as Beijing looks to strengthen its strategic foothold in the region. Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele announced the funding after ...
China Builds New Presidential Palace in Pacific’s Vanuatu
The government of cash-strapped Vanuatu will soon settle into a suite of new buildings funded by China, a move likely to reignite concerns about Beijing's reach in the South Pacific nation. At an official handover ceremony conducted in front of a ...