China says a visit by Cook Islands’ prime minister isn’t meant to antagonize others in South Pacific
China says a visit this week by the Cook Islands' prime minister to Beijing was not meant to conspire against anyone in the ...
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 ...
Cook Islands PM aims to boost trade ties during China visit
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown will visit China next week, the first visit by a leader of the small South Pacific ...
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Pacific News Minute: New Zealand is wary of relations between Cook Islands, China
China is insisting that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not meant to conspire ...
Geopolitical games in the South Pacific
When it comes to worries about Chinese influence in the Pacific, the recent rifts between NZ and two of our neighbours are ...
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Cooks and China partner on undersea exploration for lucrative critical minerals
Analysis: This is no mere holiday snapshot – this is the Cooks PM discovering China's seabed mining expertise, writes Jonathan Milne.
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China says Cook Islands' PM visit won't antagonize others in South Pacific
BEIJING (AP) -- China insisted on Monday that a visit this week by the prime minister of the Cook Islands to Beijing is not ...
Why a deal with China has strained New Zealand’s ties with the Cook Islands
Beijing’s growing influence in the South Pacific has hit the close relationship between Wellington and the Cook Islands ...
Another Pacific island is set to fall under Chinese influence
The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands has flown to China to seal a controversial security deal, in ...
Cook Islands’ ‘strategic’ deal with China angers New Zealand
Australia, New Zealand and the US have been moving to counter China’s growing strategic and diplomatic influence in the past three years by striking agreements with nations including Tuvalu, Nauru and ...
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NZ concerned as Cook Islands PM eyes China deals
New Zealand has repeatedly asked the Cook Islands to consult on the contents of agreements that Brown plans to sign with ...
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 ...