Tag: China
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...
Decolonisation tensions rise in New Caledonia as Kanaks accuse France of opposing ‘wind of history’
By Walter Zweifel
New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party has been told that France is “panicking” and afraid of losing New Caledonia.
The head of the Caledonian...
Pacific tackles growing problem of human trafficking, smuggling and ‘slavery’
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
Since opening borders after the covid-19 pandemic, Australia and New Zealand have been aggressively sourcing Pacific Islander workers to help...
Pacific needs to sit up and pay close attention to AUKUS, says Dame Meg Taylor
By Koroi Hawkins and Caleb Fotheringham
A Pacific elder and former secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum says Pacific leaders need to sit up and...
Micronesia’s president Panuelo claims spying and bribery by China
By Barbara Dreaver
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia has made a series of disturbing claims against China, including alleging spying, threats to...
2022 wrap: Pacific political upheavals eclipse fierce Tongan volcano
2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie
The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several...