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China looking for regional agreement with Pacific island countries: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 26 (ANI): China is seeking a regional agreement with Pacific island nations that would expand its role in policing, maritime cooperation, and cybersecurity and also plans to offer scholarships for over 2,000 workers and young diplomats.
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China says it has 'no intention' of building military base in Solomon Isla
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Honiara [Solomon Islands], May 26 (ANI): China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday said that Beijing has "no intention at all" to build a military base in Solomon Islands.
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Wang Yi begins visit to South Pacific nations amid growing security concer
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 26 (ANI): Under the watchful eye of the United States, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to South Pacific island countries starting Thursday to ramp up ties with tiny but strategically located island nations.
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Chinese-run ports worldwide exert pier pressure
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 23 (ANI): Infrastructure deals with foreign countries - including airports and ports - are instrumental for China to exert greater influence on other countries.
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China expanding influence in Pacific through economics
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Honiara [Solomon Islands], May 18 (ANI): Even as Australia and other nations, attempt to challenge China's recent moves in the Pacific of signing a security pact with the Solomon Islands, the Asian giant's expansion is being attributed to the strong economic ties it forges with the tiny Isla
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US worries over China's strategy of securing more foreign naval bases
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): The West suspect that China's recent agreement with the Solomon Islands might be the latter's intention of establishing a strong military foothold to dominate the regions of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
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China's security pact with Solomon Islands sends shivers down western nati
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 12 (ANI): China's recent security pact with the Solomon Islands has left the western nations concerned just as it unravels its ambition to have a military foothold in the Pacific to challenge the American domination of the region.
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Australia, US, New Zealand concerned over China-Solomon security pact
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 11 (ANI): As the Solomon Islands and China signed a frame agreement for security cooperation between the two nations, a senior defence analyst at RAND cooperation, Derek J Grossman took a dig at China's excitement as Australia PM Morrison's strategy to win votes fel
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Are Chinese military bases a threat in the South Pacific?
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 9 (ANI): April's signing of a secretive security cooperation agreement by Solomon Islands and China understandably created a huge stir in Australasia and the South Pacific. The deal could potentially pave the way for a full-blown Chinese military base in the Solomons, but h
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China's security pact with Solomon Islands grave concern for Australia ami
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 8 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hoped that in order to win the general elections on May 21 he could use the country's fraught relations with China, but it backfired after the Solomon Islands signed a security pact with China.
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Australia raises deep concerns about security agreement of Solomon Islands
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 8 (ANI): Australian Foreign Minister met her Solomon Islands counterpart and raised deep concerns over the security arrangement between China and the island nation.
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China furthers strategic expansion through Solomon Islands
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Honiara [Solomon Islands], May 6 (ANI): Despite repeated denial from China over plans to militarise the Solomon Islands, the security experts remain wary of Beijing's intentions.
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