Category: Pacific Islands

US Signals Renewed Focus on South Pacific to Counter Rising Chinese Influence

February 24, 2022
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NEW DELHI—The United States and several allies have signaled a renewed focus on the Pacific Island with fresh visits and diplomatic engagements this month, but a lot more needs to be done to mitigate the Chinese regime’s influence in the region, according to experts. Beijing has over the years steadily expanded its economic and political…

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Australia Quarantine-Free Travel Corridor With America, UK May Soon Take Off

May 31, 2021
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Australia is likely to see its travel bubble expanded to the Pacific Islands soon, but Aussies can also look forward to the possibility of travel to the United States and the United Kingdom as well. “A few months ago, I thought maybe Singapore, Taiwan, and Japan would be first cabs off the list,” Qantas CEO…

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How One Renegade Province in the Pacific Is Standing up to Beijing’s Pressure, Bribes, Belt and Road

April 4, 2021
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In September 2019, two Pacific nations—the Solomon Islands and Kiribati—decided to drop diplomatic recognition of Taiwan for the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The move was the latest step in Beijing’s continuing efforts to chip away at Taiwan’s international standing. In the face of the Solomon Islands’ national government’s decision, Daniel Suidani, the premier of…

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Pacific Islanders Arrive to Help Victoria’s Fruit and Vegetable Harvest

April 2, 2021
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More than 100 seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands have arrived in the Australian state of Victoria to help ease the labour shortage on the state’s fruit and vegetable farms. Up to 1,500 workers from the Pacific Islands will undergo 14 days of quarantine in Tasmania before arriving into Victoria, under an agreement between the…

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