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Talks in Fiji between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and leaders from the small island nations failed to reach an agreement, in a high-profile diplomatic setback for Beijing.

Ten Pacific island nations yesterday rebuffed China’s push for a wide-ranging regional security pact, amid worries that the proposal was designed to pull them into Beijing’s orbit. Talks in Fiji between Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi (王毅) and leaders from the island nations failed to reach an agreement, in a high-profile diplomatic setback for Beijing. China is offering to radically ramp up its activities in the South Pacific, directly challenging the influence of the US and...

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong’s energetic arrival into the diplomatic ‘fight’ between China and Australia regarding Pacific islands nations appears to be bearing fruit, but China is playing a long game.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a...

The agreement covers everything from joint policing to economic policy such as fisheries in the Pacific.

Two former Western diplomats to the Solomon Islands have issued stark warnings for Australia over the islan...

The United States does not seek “conflict or a new Cold War,” but will rally a broad coalition of nations to confront “the most serious long-term challenge to the international order” – the one posed by China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.

Dueling diplomacy as foreign ministers arrive in the region on the same day.

Analysis - The PM visits the US, Australia's change of government raises questions about its effect on trans-Tasman relations and China moves to extend its influence in the South Pacific.

China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a sweeping agreement covering everything from security to fisheries in what one leader warns is a "game-changing" bid by Beijing to wrest control of the region. A draft of the agreement obtained by...