Chinese gifts for Pacific ‘friends’ BEIJING, 17 OCTOBWER 2019 (THE AUSTRALIAN) — China will roll out fresh offers of cash and red-carpet trips when Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua meets Pacific leaders in Samoa next week to spruik Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative. Mr Hu, a senior Chinese Communist Party Politburo member, will […]
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Taiwan spends more aid in Pacific than China: Ambassador Chow
KOROR, PALAU – A top Taiwanese diplomat based in Palau said that Taiwan had been investing more economic aid in the Pacific than China did last year. Taiwan Ambassador to Palau Wallace Chow, during an early celebration of the 108th Taiwan National Day in Palau on October 8, cited in his speech that the Lowy […]
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Taiwan did little to Kiribati: President Maamau
TARAWA, 09 OCTOBER 2019 (RADIO KIRIBATI) — Kiribati President Taneti Maamau has said the switch from Taiwan to China was necessary for the long-term benefit and development of the country. Maamau said the sudden switch may come as a shock to the people of Kiribati but it was the right time to do so because […]
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US eyes more military exercises in Palau as two PICs ditch Taipei for Beijing
The United States is going to “double down” its military presence in Palau after two Pacific Island Countries (PICs) ditched their long-time ally Taipei for Beijing. Major General John P. Johnson, in an interview, said that the recent switch of allegiance by the Solomon Islands and Kiribati to Beijing only means the US will need […]
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Northern Pacific countries urge for establishment of UN office
From left to right: Minister Assisting the President of Nauru David Waiau Adeang, Kiribati President Taneti Mamau, Palau President Tommy Remengesau, Jr., Republic of Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine, and Federated States of Micronesia Foreign Affairs Secretary Lorin Robert the photo session at the 19th Micronesia President Summit in Palau on February 21. (Rhealyn C. […]