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REUTERS – U.S officials believe a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before 2028 is increasingly unlikely despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s instructions for his military to be ready by 2027 to take the democratically governed island by force, if needed, people familiar with U.S. thinking said. The main reasons include…
No confidence motion withdrawn, but experts say volatility could undermine PM Wale’s pivot to Canberra, Washington. by Charley Piringi Volatile domestic politics in the Solomon Islands has the potential to be the Achilles heel of U.S. and Australian security strategy in the Pacific, experts said, after Prime Minister Matthew Wale…
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has rejected suggestions that PNG’s reaffirmation of its One China Policy was the result of political pressure or economic coercion. Marape said the issues between Beijing and Taipei are matters for those directly concerned to resolve peacefully. “Papua New Guinea does not intend…
Taiwan says it rejects Papua New Guinea’s decision to shut down its representative office in Port Moresby, as China welcomed the move. China claims Taiwan is part of its territory and opposes the self-governed democratic island’s participation in international organisations and exchanges with other countries. Like many countries, PNG has…
China has pledged to deepen its development partnership with Solomon Islands, reaffirming its commitment to align future assistance with the GREAT Coalition Government’s national priorities. The commitment was made during talks in Beijing this week between Foreign Affairs Minister Rick Houenipwela and the Chairman of the China International Development Cooperation…
By Professor Anne-Marie Brady On Monday this week, a Chinese People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Naval submarine launched a long-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a dummy warhead into the South Pacific. The missile appears to have landed in international waters near the EEZ of Taiwan ally Tuvalu. The United States recorded…
Prime Minister Matthew Wale has strongly condemned China’s ballistic missile test over the Pacific, declaring it was “not the act of a friend” and warning that Pacific nations do not want major powers turning the region into a military testing ground. Speaking in Honiara alongside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese,…
China hit back at Australia’s new security treaty with Vanuatu, warning that bilateral agreements should not target third countries, as Beijing pursued its own pact with Port Vila and declined to say whether it would release the text once it was signed. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Vanuatu’s leader Jotham…
by Anouk Ride I write this amidst the thunder of a tropical storm in a village in Malaita, recalling the storm that was this province’s foray into geopolitical struggles after the national government switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 2019. Malaita’s Premier Daniel Suidani opposed…
An associate professor in the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has been named one of 22 fellows in the Transpacific and Asian Dialogue on China. It is a new initiative of the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.–China Relations at the University of Pennsylvania. The fellowship brings together…
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