Tag: Pacific Islands

• Friday, July 30th 2021 - 00:25 UTC

  US, Australia, Japan on watch at Beijing's growing influence of Pacific islands' states

  

  China has been stepping up its engagement with South Pacific island nations. It is necessary to monitor China's moves as it looks to win over smaller countries to its side through economic assistance with no concern of how its actions are perceived, turning them into its footholds.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  UN Guterres on tour of Pacific islands threatened by rising sea levels caused by climate change

  

  United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has kicked off a major United Nations push for progress on what he calls the defining issue of our time: climate change. Guterres traveled to New Zealand on Sunday, from where he is set to visit several Pacific islands where rising sea levels are threatening the very existence of those small countries.