Explainer: What is the Cook Islands deal with China and what has worried NZ?
Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this week, have raised concerns in New Zealand, which has a close constitutional ...
A Tiny Island Nation Is Selling Passports to Beat Climate Change
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Cook Islands’ China Shock: A ‘Frog in the Pot’ Moment for Pacific Security
Cook Islands deal has implications for Pacific security, but particularly for New Zealand, the United States, and Australia.
Cook Islands deal with China on economy, seabed mining spurs protest
A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships but excludes security ties, a document released by the Pacific island ...
Cook Islands gives some detail of its China deal that has upset close partner New Zealand
The South Pacific country of Cook Islands has unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation after the pact ...
Whose nerve is touched by China’s enhanced cooperation with Pacific Island countries?
On Sunday, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown concluded his visit to China.
How Xi put China's army in order
The major military reform launched by the leader as soon as he came to power has accelerated with the production of combat ...
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“At two ends of ocean, this churn is at its sharpest today”: EAM Jaishankar at Indian Ocean Conference
Elaborating on the maritime consequences of the ongoing conflicts in West Asia and the Indo-Pacific region, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stressed the importance of adhering to agreements in ...
Top 10 smallest countries in the world, size of smallest is just…, 7th name on list will surprise you, India’s neighbour…
Here is a list of ten countries in the world which are the smallest countries in the world along with their details about ...
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‘Clandestine’ Cook Islands-China deal ‘damaged’ NZ relationship, says Clark
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark maintains that Cook Islands, a realm of New Zealand, should have consulted ...
China extends reach in South Pacific with Cook Islands deal
No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...
Mapping China’s influence around the Panama Canal
President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that China “operates” the Panama Canal in recent weeks and has threatened to ...