Pacific Islands Delay Security Plan That Could Open Door to China By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Leaders of the four biggest Pacific Islands nations have delayed adopting a joint security ...

China announced on Wednesday a list of initiatives for promoting its cooperation with Pacific Island countries in fields ...

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, under mounting pressure from Beijing, recently reaffirmed Taiwan’s exclusion from the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. The decision marks ...

Lawmakers in the Solomon Islands' have picked a long-time opposition figure as prime minister, a week after ousting their ...

Last year was a coming-out party for Chinese military power, from the lethal performance of Chinese-made weapons during the India-Pakistan clash in May, to the high-profile rollout of new nuclear and ...

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Pacific Islands Forum Troika Leaders – Chair of the PIF and Prime Minister of Tonga ‘Aisake Valu Eke, the incoming Chair and Prime Minister of Solomon Islands Jeremiah Manele, Prime Minister of the ...

China and U.S.-ally Australia are the largest donors and security partners to the Solomon Islands, with both competing for ...

The South China Sea has become the world’s most dangerous maritime theater, where two superpowers circle each other like prizefighters looking for an opening. As China’s navy expands at breakneck ...

The site of the future set of wharfs at Bina village, the Solomon Islands, as viewed from the sea. Credit: Anne-Marie Brady Under a brilliant blue sky in the tiny village of Bina, a local landowner ...