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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has announced that effective January 5, 2023, it is implementing a requirement for a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of recovery from the disease for passengers boarding flights to the United States originating from the People...
Henry Puna
Suve, FIJI — China has given the Pacific Islands Forum secretariat an annual contribution of $US1.1 million. In a handover ceremony, the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, welcomed the funding, done under the Pacific Islands Forum Co-operation Fund. Puna said China...
American Samoa’s U.S.-flagged purse seiners
Honolulu, HAWAII — With China vying for greater influence in the Pacific, concerns over food security amid the current supply chain crisis and inflation, the importance of fisheries to the people of the Western Pacific Region has never been so apparent, according to information from the Western...
Pacific Minister Aupito William Sio
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Pacific Minister Aupito William Sio is set to travel to Fiji tomorrow, while Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta is under increased pressure over Pacific relationships. Sio, who is also associate foreign affairs minister, will travel to Fiji from tomorrow to meet with Pacific...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa
Apia, SAMOA — China’s foreign minister met with the leaders of Samoa on Saturday on the third stop of an island-hopping tour aimed at deepening China’s ties with Pacific nations. The two sides signed an economic and technical cooperation agreement, a handover certificate for an arts and culture...
Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi,Chinese President Xi Jinping
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a sweeping agreement covering everything from security to fisheries in what one leader warns is a “game-changing” bid by Beijing to wrest control of the region. A draft of the agreement obtained by The Associated Press...
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Jinan, CHINA — China Internet Information Center is reporting China and Pacific Island countries reached consensus on joint cooperative measures to tackle climate change at a conference held on Thursday in east China's Shandong Province. The unveiling ceremony of the cooperation center for China...
 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Fiji's acting prime minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
Suva, FIJI — The United States insists it is a Pacific nation and has unveiled a raft of new strategies to better engage with other nations in the Region. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the first Secretary of State to visit Fiji in nearly 37 years. During his historic visit,...
China-Pacific gathering in Samoa
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — China seems set to change the way it relates to Pacific nations. This much is evident from a study showing a dramatic fall in aid spending, in terms of grants and low cost loans, over the past several years. An assessment by the Australian think tank, the Lowy Institute, using...
Jonathan Pryke
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — China has dramatically scaled back its aid to the Pacific in the past two years. An assessment by Australian think tank, the Lowy Institute, showed while various Western nations were raising concerns about Chinese influence in the Pacific, Beijing was cutting back its...

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