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View all search resultsPacific isles fear becoming theater for US-China rivalry
A Pacific Islands leader on Friday called on the United States and China to not bring "adversarial competition" to the region, as the rival powers intensify their bids for influence.
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Pacific Islands leader on Friday called on the United States and China to not bring "adversarial competition" to the region, as the rival powers intensify their bids for influence.
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, invited to represent the region at a Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, told AFP increased superpower interest in the Pacific was welcome, but could not come at any cost.
In recent years, China has dramatically ramped up its economic, political and military footprint in the strategic ocean region.
Beijing has snapped up mines and ports across the Pacific and inked a secretive security pact with the Solomon Islands that allows China to deploy troops to the country.
