Tag: Belt and road
Hegseth commits US to defence of Pacific territories against China
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan for BenarNews
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has reaffirmed the Trump administration’s defence commitments to America’s Pacific territories of Guam and Northern...
PNG eyes China for more ‘cheaper’ loans as ties gain momentum
By Lawrence Fong in Port Moresby
Cheaper loans will be a key agenda for Papua New Guinea officials when Prime Minister James Marape leads a...
China’s influence in Myanmar could tip the scales towards war in...
ANALYSIS: By Htwe Htwe Thein, Curtin University
The fate of Myanmar has major implications for a free and open Indo-Pacific.
An undemocratic Myanmar serves no one’s...
To meet the Chinese challenge in the Pacific, NZ needs to...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
This week’s White House meeting between NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and US President Joe Biden reflected a...
Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic...
ANALYSIS: By Joanne Wallis and Czeslaw Tubilewicz of the University of Adelaide
The draft security agreement between China and Solomon Islands circulating on social media...
How China is manipulating the information war in the Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Sue Ahearn
As China seeks greater influence in the South Pacific, its manipulation of local news outlets is having a serious impact on...
China’s ‘mixed messages’ in Asia recipe for distrust, says academic
China’s rise in the Asia-Pacific region has the entire globe assessing how the future of the region might look. Delegates at February’s QS Summit...
Solomons’ deal with Chinese developer sparks ‘concern’
By RNZ Pacific
A Solomon Islands province has agreed to lease a large island to a Chinese developer to develop into a special economic zone,...
Taiwan ‘regrets and condemns’ Solomons’ China switch
By RNZ Pacific
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has said she "regrets and strongly condemns" the Solomon Islands' decision to establish diplomatic relations with China.
The Solomons...
China promotes ‘green’ belt and road, but pressured over coal investments
By Megan Darby, deputy editor of Climate Home News
China launched an “international green development coalition” last week, in the face of growing concern about...
Bid to expel journalist from Yap puts spotlight on Micronesian ‘free’...
By Michael Andrew
Traditional chiefs are trying to expel a US journalist from the Federated States of Micronesia island of Yap.
Last week the Pacific Island...
APEC 2018 dominated by US-China trade war – no agreement reached
Speeches made by US Vice-President Mike Pence and Chinese President Xi Jinping to the APEC delegates during the leaders summit in Port Moresby at...
Chinese president meets PNG’s O’Neill, pledging ‘deepening cooperation’
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill in Beijing. Image: CCTV+
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met Papua...
