South Pacific

THE government of cash-strapped Vanuatu will soon settle into a suite of new buildings funded by China, a move likely to reignite concerns about Beijing’s reach in the South Pacific nation.

CHINA’S spending spree throughout the South Pacific is drying up as Beijing instead seeks to cement its footprint in a smaller number of “friendly states”, Australian researchers said on Tuesday.

US President Joe Biden, his administration pledging to help Pacific island leaders stave off what it calls China’s “economic coercion,” promised them on Thursday (Sep 29) to work harder with allies an...

PRESIDENT Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday rolled out the red carpet for Pacific Island leaders in the face of rising Chinese influence in the region and said it expected a united front, despit...

CHINA'S Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday (May 30) urged the Pacific region not to be "too anxious" about his country's aims after a meeting with his counterparts from 10 island nations deferred cons...

CHINESE Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to meet with officials from Pacific Island nations Monday (May 30), a sign of the intensifying competition with the US and Australia for influence in the region...

FIJI is joining US President Joe Biden's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), the White House said on Thursday (May 26), making it the first Pacific Island country in the plan that is part of a US ...

CHINA has put forward plans to dramatically expand security and economic cooperation with South Pacific nations, with one regional leader calling it a thinly veiled effort to lock them into "Beijing's...