Tag: China
‘Two-way highway’ – PNG-US defence pact signed in spite of protests
By Lydia Lewis and Scott Waide in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the increased United States security involvement in Papua...
Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Barbara Dreaver in Port Moresby
When I was growing up in Kiribati, then known as the Gilbert Islands, New Zealand divers came to...
US envoy persuades two of three north Pacific nations to sign defence deals
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for influence in the region have agreed...
‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 100 global media leaders
Pacific Media Watch
More than 100 media leaders from around the world have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in signing an unprecedented joint statement expressing...
PNG beefs up security for visit of Biden, Modi, Pacific leaders
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Two American C-17 Globemaster transport planes will bring 20 vehicles to Papua New Guinea in the next few days...
Human rights arguments have lost credibility over West’s double standards
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
At a time when the West has weaponised human rights, the United Nations body that promotes freedom of expression...