26 May 2022

Chinese Foreign Minister's two-week tour of the Pacific

From The Panel, 4:15 pm on 26 May 2022

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China is pursuing a Pacific-wide deal with almost a dozen island nations covering policing, security and data communications cooperation. The Federated States of Micronesia president David Panuelo says the "pre-determined joint communiqué" should be rejected amid fears it could spark a new "Cold War" between China and the West. The Panel speaks to professor Robert Ayson at Victoria University of Wellington.