China plays for influence in South Pacific with security proposal and diplomatic tour
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By Simone McCarthy and Lizzy Yee, CNN China has proposed a sweeping regional security deal with a number of Pacific Island nations, according to documents seen by CNN, amid concern from the United States and its allies about Beijing’s expanding reach in the region.
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Federated States of Micronesia wants deal rejected because it could spark new cold war between China and west while Australia admits ‘we’ve got a lot of work to do’
By Simone McCarthy and Lizzy Yee, CNN China has proposed a sweeping regional security deal with a number of Pacific Island nations, according to documents seen by CNN, amid concern from the United States and its allies about Beijing’s expanding reach in the region.
China has put forward plans to dramatically expand security and economic cooperation with South Pacific nations, in what one regional leader called a thinly veiled effort to lock them into "Beijing's…
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a sweeping agreement covering everything from security to fisheries in what one leader warns is a “game-changing” bid by Beijing to wrest control of the region.
By Simone McCarthy and Lizzy Yee, CNN China has proposed a sweeping regional security deal with a number of Pacific Island nations, according to documents
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