China Overshadows Pacific Islands Forum

A civil liberties advocate is flagging China's looming presence in the South Pacific.

Arian Tashakkori of PILLAR remarked on Taiwan's invitation, New Zealand's delayed attendance, and the poor showing from several island nations at the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau. He considers whether New Zealand's slow response to our neighbours' infrastructure & climate concerns left a vacuum that China rapidly filled, albeit with strings attached and a bigger prey in its sights.

(www.nzpillar.com)

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