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February 28, 2024
By Evelyn Macairan in Manila Despite changing his citizenship to the Pacific state of Vanuatu, a Chinese man wanted for various economic crimes was arrested at Ninoy Aquino International Airport last week as he was about to board a flight for Singapore. In a statement yesterday, the Philippine Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said ... <a title="Philippines arrests Chinese fugitive who became Vanuatu citizen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/28/philippines-arrests-chinese-fugitive-who-became-vanuatu-citizen/" aria-label="Read more about Philippines arrests Chinese fugitive who became Vanuatu citizen">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2024
By Lawrence Fong of the PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea and Australia created another piece of history yesterday when James Marape became the first international leader to address the Australian Federal Parliament since 2020. In a speech laden with heartfelt gratitude and sentimental recollections of the shared history of both nations, the PNG Prime Minister ... <a title="Marape first global leader to speak in Australian parliament since 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/09/marape-first-global-leader-to-speak-in-australian-parliament-since-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Marape first global leader to speak in Australian parliament since 2020">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Tess Newton Cain As the new year gets underway, now is the time to look ahead to what will be significant in the Pacific islands region. Chances are this part of the world will continue to be a focus for the media and commentariat who will view what happens through their own lenses. ... <a title="Pacific predictions: Elections, security and regionalism top 2024 agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/pacific-predictions-elections-security-and-regionalism-top-2024-agenda/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific predictions: Elections, security and regionalism top 2024 agenda">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
By Ronald Toito’ona and Charley Piringi in Honiara China’s interference and moves to control the media in the Solomon Islands have been exposed in leaked emails In-depth Solomons has obtained. On Monday last week [15 January 2024], Huangbi Lin, a diplomat working at the Chinese Embassy in Honiara, called the owner of Island Sun newspaper, ... <a title="‘Dear media friends’ – China interferes in Honiara media over Taiwan, reveals In-depth Solomons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/dear-media-friends-china-interferes-in-honiara-media-over-taiwan-reveals-in-depth-solomons/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Dear media friends’ – China interferes in Honiara media over Taiwan, reveals In-depth Solomons">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2024
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Marshall Islands officials quickly moved this week to reaffirm this nation’s ties with Taipei in the wake of Nauru shifting diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China. “The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) values the strong relationship with Republic of China (Taiwan) ... <a title="Marshall Islands reaffirms ties with Taiwan in wake of Nauru shift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/19/marshall-islands-reaffirms-ties-with-taiwan-in-wake-of-nauru-shift/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands reaffirms ties with Taiwan in wake of Nauru shift">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
A security studies professor says China has been applying pressure to countries to switch diplomatic ties over from Taiwan, but Beijing says its “ready to work” with the Pacific island nation “to open new chapters” in the relations between the two countries. The Nauru government said that “in the best interests” of the country and ... <a title="China has ‘whittled down’ key Taiwan support with Nauru move, says scholar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/china-has-whittled-down-key-taiwan-support-with-nauru-move-says-scholar/" aria-label="Read more about China has ‘whittled down’ key Taiwan support with Nauru move, says scholar">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The chart above shows Aotearoa New Zealand’s exports and imports of coal. First, note that the emphasis is on timing, not absolute amounts; Imports have a different scale to Exports. Essentially, imports have been around 10% of exports. It’s also important to note that most Aotearoan coal is exported, while coal ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand’s Coal Trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/15/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-new-zealands-coal-trade/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – New Zealand’s Coal Trade">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
By Lawrence Fong in Port Moresby Cheaper loans will be a key agenda for Papua New Guinea officials when Prime Minister James Marape leads a delegation of government and business leaders to China for bilateral talks next week. Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey, who is going to be part of the delegation, made the announcement earlier this ... <a title="PNG eyes China for more ‘cheaper’ loans as ties gain momentum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/png-eyes-china-for-more-cheaper-loans-as-ties-gain-momentum/" aria-label="Read more about PNG eyes China for more ‘cheaper’ loans as ties gain momentum">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2023
By Aubrey Belford, Kevin G. Hall and Martin Young A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into a future metropolis. They ended up in an American jail instead. How they got there is an untold tale of international bribery and grifting that stretched to the very heart of the ... <a title="Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated UN, bribed politicians to build Pacific dream city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/04/chinese-miracle-water-grifters-infiltrated-un-bribed-politicians-to-build-pacific-dream-city/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated UN, bribed politicians to build Pacific dream city">Read more</a>
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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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September 4, 2023
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva While Japan’s discharge of nuclear waste waters into the Pacific from its Fukushima nuclear plant has been drawing flak across the Pacific, a high-powered delegation of Chinese ocean and marine scientists and Asia-Pacific scholars from Shandong Province visited Fiji to promote South-South cooperation to mitigate climate change — the Pacific ... <a title="China’s Shandong Province expands its climate footprint to the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/chinas-shandong-province-expands-its-climate-footprint-to-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about China’s Shandong Province expands its climate footprint to the Pacific">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2023
By Shayal Devi in Suva Fiji owes the Export-Import (Exim) Bank of China about $374.9 million, states the Ministry of Finance’s government debt report for the third quarter of 2022/2023. This comes as China has drawn a spate of criticism regarding the motivations behind its assistance to Pacific island countries. The Chinese Embassy in Fiji ... <a title="Fiji owes $374.9m to Exim Bank, but China says ‘no strings’ attached to aid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/fiji-owes-374-9m-to-exim-bank-but-china-says-no-strings-attached-to-aid/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji owes $374.9m to Exim Bank, but China says ‘no strings’ attached to aid">Read more</a>
