America’s Pacific paradox leaves the door open to China
Perhaps geography is still destiny after all. The closer a Pacific nation sits to American shores, the more Washington seems ...
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Cook Islands reportedly dropping separate passport idea, Winston Peters ‘blindsided’ by China move
He didn’t agree with a reported comment from Brown that the Cook Islands, through its diaspora and local companies, contributed more than a billion dollars to the New Zealand economy ...
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Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China
When President Donald Trump froze nearly all US foreign aid, Cambodia was forced to suspend workers removing dangerous mines ...
How passports and a deal with China have put New Zealand at odds with its former colony Cook Islands
Wellington is at odds with the Cook Islands over a looming new agreement with China and the former Pacific colony's plan to have its own passport.
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Why a China deal has set off a Cook Islands-New Zealand spat
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is visiting Beijing this week to sign a strategic partnership agreement with the world’s second-largest economy in the latest sign of China’s expanding influence ...
A US ally is reconsidering aid to a strategic Pacific nation. Will China move in?
A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...
New Zealand voices renewed concern as Cook Islands PM eyes agreement with China
New Zealand expressed renewed concern on Monday about the Cook Islands' prime minister travelling to China this week to sign ...
Where is the Cook Islands and what is its relationship with New Zealand?
The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 700 square miles (1.9 million square kilometres) ...
New Zealand government alarmed by Cook Islands deal with China
The Cook Islands’ pact with China has been furiously denounced by New Zealand as breaching the neo-colonial constitutional ...
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Cook Islands PM aims to boost trade ties during China visit
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, the first visit by a leader of the small South Pacific state in a decade, to help improve ties ranging from ...