A lack of consensus from Pacific nations has forced Beijing to shelve a sweeping security and economic deal with the region, following a meeting between foreign ministers on May 30. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is midway through an eight-nation tour of the region where Beijing has been attempting to tighten alliances with the island…
Beijing Forced to Shelve Sweeping Pacific Security Deal
May 30, 2022
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Countering Beijing: New Australian Government Pledges Pacific Climate Investment
May 26, 2022
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Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has spruiked a “new era” of engagement with the Pacific in a speech to the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji. Wong, fresh from a trip to Tokyo for the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, is visiting the South Pacific amid Beijing’s overt push for influence in the region. The foreign minister said…
Beijing Pursues Pacific Security, Data Bloc to Entrench Influence
May 25, 2022
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to the Pacific will coincide with attempts by Beijing to advance a South Pacific-wide deal with 10 island nations covering areas such as policing, security, and data communication, according to a leaked draft of the agreement. The expansive pact is the latest step by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
Beijing Pursuing Pacific-Wide Trade, Security Pact to Entrench Influence
May 25, 2022
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to the Pacific will coincide with attempts by Beijing to advance a South Pacific-wide deal with 10 island nations covering areas such as policing, security, and data communication, according to a leaked draft of the agreement. The expansive pact is the latest step by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
Beijing Pursuing Pacific-Wide Trade, Security, Data Pact to Entrench Influence
May 25, 2022
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to the Pacific will coincide with attempts by Beijing to advance a South Pacific-wide deal with 10 island nations covering areas such as policing, security, and data communication, according to a leaked draft of the agreement. The expansive pact is the latest step by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
Beijing In Pursuit of Pacific Security, Data Bloc to Entrench Influence
May 25, 2022
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to the Pacific will coincide with attempts by Beijing to advance a South Pacific-wide deal with 10 island nations covering areas such as policing, security, and data communication, according to a leaked draft of the agreement. The expansive pact is the latest step by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
Winning the Next Battle of the Coral Sea
Commentary While early May saw the 80th anniversary of the hard-fought “strategic” victory by the allies over Japan in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the next Battle of the Coral Sea is now shaping up versus China, requiring difficult decisions by the current allies. Called its “touchstone,” the modern Australia-United States alliance emerged from…
Career Politicians Putting Self-Interest Ahead of National Security: Veteran
May 12, 2022
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Australian soldiers dispatched to the Solomon Islands last year after violent riots razed parts of the capital Honiara to the ground admitted to Heston Russell, a former special force operative, that they were “providing security for the Chinese.” “They said to me, ‘We didn’t know what we were doing there because the people of the…
China, Russia Blocked from Major Naval Conference in Sydney
May 9, 2022
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Chinese and Russian military officials have been barred from attending a major international naval conference in Sydney, Australia, attended by naval chiefs from 40 countries. In previous years, officers from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army-Navy were invited to attend the biennial Indo-Pacific 2022 International Maritime Exposition—the first one held since the pandemic ended. However, Vice Admiral…
Beijing Eyes New Ports, Fishing Facilities in the Solomon Islands, Leaked Documents Reveal
May 9, 2022
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Beijing’s Ministry of Commerce has promised to open the door for new wharves, shipbuilding, fishing facilities, and clean energy development in the Solomon Islands, according to a recent leak, hinting at the possibility that a contentious security deal could open the door for the militarization of the region. The latest revelations come after an earlier…
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