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China wanted to woo the Pacific – it did not go as planned

China wanted to woo the Pacific – it did not go as planned

When China’s foreign minister walked into a meeting this week, he expected a better reception than the one that awaited him.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw

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‘We need to work together like never before’: Wong races back to the Pacific

‘We need to work together like never before’: Wong races back to the Pacific

Foreign Minister Penny Wong will fly into Samoa and Tonga just days after Beijing’s top envoy signed deals with the island nations.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
China says it’s ready to co-operate with Australia in the Pacific

China says it’s ready to co-operate with Australia in the Pacific

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has failed to get consensus from 10 nations to sign up to a trade and security pact.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
Pacific’s delicate dance with China is fraught with danger. Australia must reclaim the floor

Pacific’s delicate dance with China is fraught with danger. Australia must reclaim the floor

China has shown its hand with its latest offering to 10 Pacific nations. We must be ready to defend Melanesian interests as our own.

  • by Ben Bohane
China eyes next Pacific target, says opposition ‘doomed to fail’

China eyes next Pacific target, says opposition ‘doomed to fail’

US officials continue to hold concerns about China’s plans for a two-kilometre runway on the tiny Kiribati island of Kanton halfway between the US and Asia.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw and Anthony Galloway
Wong takes on Beijing over climate, debt and influence

Wong takes on Beijing over climate, debt and influence

At the Pacific Islands Forum, in her first press conference as foreign minister, Penny Wong started a fight over the future of the region.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
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China and Australia’s diplomatic tactics collide in the Pacific

China and Australia’s diplomatic tactics collide in the Pacific

Beijing, targeted by the Quad and AUKUS, distrusted by NATO, suspicious of ASEAN, and rejected by the G7, has made an art form of wooing individual states.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
Penny Wong and Wang Yi face off in Pacific as Beijing targets 10 nations

Penny Wong and Wang Yi face off in Pacific as Beijing targets 10 nations

The Australian and Chinese foreign ministers will cross each other in the Pacific this week as both nations go on a diplomatic blitz of the region. 

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
Liberal MPs accuse DFAT of leaking against the government

Liberal MPs accuse DFAT of leaking against the government

Prime Minister Scott Morrison implied the public service was the source of a leak, but then pivoted to saying the report might not be correct.

  • by Anthony Galloway and James Massola
US to deploy coast guard to Indo-Pacific in the face of China’s rise

US to deploy coast guard to Indo-Pacific in the face of China’s rise

The announcement comes ahead of US President Joe Biden hosting the first-ever Washington summit of leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

  • by Farrah Tomazin
Former Solomon Islands high commissioner ‘manhandled’ by Morrison’s security

Former Solomon Islands high commissioner ‘manhandled’ by Morrison’s security

Trevor Sofield was at a cafe with his wife in Tasmania when he tried to talk to the prime minister about the government’s mishandling of the Solomons.

  • by Anthony Galloway