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Last week's Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit ended dramatically when China demanded the conference communique be changed] to eliminate a reference to Taiwan. Audio

The Fijian PM joins other Pacific leaders, from the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Nauru, who have had the red carpet rolled out by Beijing this year.

Lowy Institue's new research has found that "island countries are leveraging major power competition", but it "can distract from the Pacific's most pressing needs".

New Zealand has quietly signed up to help the United States in its new strategy to expand the weapons-making defence industrial base across the Indo-Pacific region.

Aid and development experts say the debts carry large risks for Pacific Island nations, where frequent natural disasters and economic shocks can hobble their repayments. Video

Dr Iati Iati said one example is the lack of substance behind the notion that China is militarising the Pacific region.

The pandas are "friendly messengers of China-Australia relations", and will replace Adelaide Zoo's existing pandas, China's Premier Li Qiang says.

The World Anti-Doping Agency has defended its dismissal of positive tests for a banned substance among three Chinese swimmers.

Dozens gathered in central Auckland on Monday to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.

The 2,000-year-old festival is a mixture of two things that New Zealanders love: food and sports.

Thirty-five years after Beijing sent armed troops to clear protestors from Tiananmen Square, young Chinese New Zealanders reflect on what the anniversary means to them.