Australia has been told to be bolder about calling out corruption and malign foreign interference in the Pacific to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) increasing influence. The expanding security relationship between Beijing and the Solomon Islands has raised concerns in Canberra, which wants the issue to be primarily dealt with by Pacific nations. The…

Daniel Suidani, former premier of Malaita, the Solomon Islands’ most populous province, discusses with Jeff Smith of the Heritage Foundation the growing and alarming influence of China in the Pacific Islands in a conversation held at 11:00 a.m. ET on April 28. …

Daniel Suidani, former premier of Malaita, the Solomon Islands’ most populous province, discusses with Jeff Smith of the Heritage Foundation the growing and alarming influence of China in the Pacific Islands in a conversation held at 11:00 a.m. ET on April 28. …

Australia will establish a Pacific visa lottery scheme to boost the number of permanent migrant workers and strengthen relations with the region. From July, 3000 places a year will become available for eligible participants from Pacific nations and East Timor to be randomly selected and given the opportunity to apply for a permanent Australian visa….

Fiji’s newly-elected leader said on Thursday that the Fijian security force would cease working with personnel from China, signaling the end of a policing agreement signed between the two nations in 2011. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who took office in December 2022, deemed it unnecessary for the Pacific Island nation to continue its policing agreement…

The Pacific Islands Embassies Act has been included as an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, and has now become law, pushing for a stronger American presence in the Pacific island region where China is striving to expand its influence. The legislation aims to set up three U.S. embassies on the…

Five countries are joining the United States this year in a humanitarian assistance Christmas drop, which kicked off on Dec. 4. Air forces from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, and India are going to make deliveries to over 20 thousand islanders across 56 remote islands throughout Micronesia and Palau. Based out…

The Biden administration on Sept. 29 released a strategic framework for the Pacific Islands, the first-ever document of its kind. The move came amid heightened actions by the Chinese regime to bring the region under its influence. The White House said in a statement that the Pacific Partnership Strategy (pdf) would help to increase engagement…

The Pacific Islands have been in the spotlight, especially in the aftermath of the newly-signed China-Solomon Islands security agreement that would pave the way for the regime to station its military forces there. The territory sits in the second island chain that contains U.S. Naval Base Guam. Given its strategic position, if the United States…

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has rejected New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s speech at the Madrid NATO summit where she said to stand firm on the rules-based order as the Chinese regime was becoming more assertive and willing to challenge international rules. The spokesman of the Chinese embassy in New Zealand called the comments “misguided”…