The Cook Islands, amidst Chinese influence, signed strategic agreements with Beijing, echoing moves by Vanuatu and Solomon ...

China is a firm proponent of low-carbon emissions and reduction, and an active promoter of green development, taking concrete ...

Time for other countries in the region to step up.

Under a new climate change cooperation initiative, China will undertake 100 “small-and-beautiful” projects – a new model that shifts the focus of the Belt and Road Initiative from mega ...

Pacific Island nations supported China's claim over Taiwan in a meeting of foreign ministers, but one expert says Beijing would have hoped for more.

Beijing will undertake 100 "small but beautiful" projects across the island countries over the next three years. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

While not groundbreaking, the meeting indicated steady progress towards China’s goal of a “shared future” with Pacific Island countries – including using them as strategic outposts.

From May 28 to 29, 2025, the People’s Republic of China and Pacific Island Countries having diplomatic relations with China (hereinafter referred to as “All parties”) held the third China ...

As President Donald Trump looks to wrap up U.S. involvement in the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict, questions abound on whether ...

"Because China's Belt and Road lending spree peaked in the mid-2010s, those grace periods began expiring in the early 2020s." ... Pacific Island nations are spending big to repay loans from China.

New Zealand has abruptly halted nearly $NZ20 million ($US11 million) in funding to the Cook Islands in retaliation for a partnership agreement the tiny Pacific Island nation concluded with China in ...