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September 30, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Barely a day passes without a story in the British or Australian media that ramps up fear about the rulers in Beijing, reports the investigative website Declassified Australia. According to an analysis by co-editors Antony Loewenstein and Peter Cronau, the Australian and British media are ramping up public fear, aiding a major ... <a title="Media targeting public for a war with China, warns Declassified Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/30/media-targeting-public-for-a-war-with-china-warns-declassified-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Media targeting public for a war with China, warns Declassified Australia">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2022
RNZ Pacific Samoa and China do not have any plans for military ties, Samoa Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa says. Fiamē — who is on a three-day trip to Aotearoa — is making her first official bilateral trip abroad since becoming leader last year. Her visit marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between New Zealand ... <a title="Samoa and China have no plans for military ties, says Fiamē" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/samoa-and-china-have-no-plans-for-military-ties-says-fiame/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa and China have no plans for military ties, says Fiamē">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Joanne Wallis, University of Adelaide and Maima Koro, University of Adelaide Yet more proposed Chinese “security agreements” in the Pacific Islands have been leaked. The drafts have been described by critics as revealing “the ambitious scope of Beijing’s strategic intent in the Pacific” and its “coherent desire […] to seek to shape the ... <a title="Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help Beijing achieve its broader aims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/28/amplifying-narratives-about-the-china-threat-in-the-pacific-may-help-beijing-achieve-its-broader-aims/" aria-label="Read more about Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help Beijing achieve its broader aims">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2022
By Barbara Dreaver, TV1 News Pacific correspondent Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is to visit Kiribati on Friday for four hours as part of a Pacific tour to strengthen security ties in the region. It is the first top level bilateral meeting between the two countries since Kiribati switched allegiance to China from Taiwan in ... <a title="Top level Chinese delegation headed to Kiribati – questions over Kanton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/26/top-level-chinese-delegation-headed-to-kiribati-questions-over-kanton/" aria-label="Read more about Top level Chinese delegation headed to Kiribati – questions over Kanton">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Fourteen officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have completed the first public order management (POM) training conducted by Chinese instructors. During the two week course, the Police Response Team (PRT) and Operational Safety Training (OST) officers were trained in unarmed combat skills, advanced use of long sticks, ... <a title="Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/solomon-islands-police-complete-combat-drill-with-chinese-trainers/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has denied allowing the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) to establish a military base in the Solomon Islands in a security treaty that he confirmed today as having already been finalised. “We denied it totally. We don’t know where it came from,” Sogavare said when responding ... <a title="Sogavare denies ‘insulting’ claim on Chinese military base for Solomons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/sogavare-denies-insulting-claim-on-chinese-military-base-for-solomons/" aria-label="Read more about Sogavare denies ‘insulting’ claim on Chinese military base for Solomons">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there is “very little” reason for China to station military forces on Solomon Islands, describing developments as “gravely concerning”. A draft agreement — leaked online — indicated Solomon Islands would allow Beijing to send military forces there and make regular ship visits. The New Zealand and ... <a title="PM says Honiara’s growing China relationship is ‘gravely concerning’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/pm-says-honiaras-growing-china-relationship-is-gravely-concerning/" aria-label="Read more about PM says Honiara’s growing China relationship is ‘gravely concerning’">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager A draft security cooperation agreement between China and Solomon Islands has been leaked on social media. The unverified document includes seven articles, which discuss the scope of cooperation between both nations. Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security senior lecturer Dr Anna Powles has seen the agreement on social ... <a title="Leaked draft China-Solomon Islands security pact causes Pacific stir" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/leaked-draft-china-solomon-islands-security-pact-causes-pacific-stir/" aria-label="Read more about Leaked draft China-Solomon Islands security pact causes Pacific stir">Read more</a>
