In the four years since Mr Trump was last in power, the Pacific has kept balancing the interests of the US and China as they compete for influence. "Pacific Island states are looking at things and ...

With Honiara as host of this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, China could see its influence at the regional body ...

China had protested what it called "close-in reconnaissance" of Chinese territory by the U.S. military in the past.

The Philippines said on Saturday it has suspended a scientific survey in the South China Sea after two of its fisheries ...

It is the first time Beijing has sent a technical team to a country in the Pacific islands ... are among the tools that China uses to build ties. [The recovery support from Beijing is] consistent ...

A United States military hub, in the Western Pacific Ocean near China, displayed America's air power by massing a group of ...

The PPI’s website boasts that the initiative “has the potential to be transformational for Pacific policing ... policing deal signed with China by the Solomon Islands government of Manasseh ...

As China continues to boost Russia's war effort in Ukraine, Taiwan is grappling with rising Chinese pressure boosted by growing military cooperation from Russia. The deepening partnership is set to ...

“We are not a rising superpower like China who has enormous ... on some small outlying islands and planning several new naval bases and detachments, including on its Pacific-facing east coast ...