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Cook Islands’ China Shock: A ‘Frog in the Pot’ Moment for Pacific Security
Cook Islands deal has implications for Pacific security, but particularly for New Zealand, the United States, and Australia.
Cook Islands signs strategic agreement with China
The tiny Pacific nation’s partnership agreement with China was signed amid a furious diplomatic row with New Zealand, its ...
New Zealand must ‘reset’ Cook Islands ties after China pact, foreign minister says
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Wednesday his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook Islands ...
Hundreds march to Cook Islands’ parliament to oppose deal with China
Around 400 demonstrators, led by opposition parties, assembled outside the Cook Islands parliament in capital Avarua on ...
Wanted: 3 asteroid watchers for China's ‘planetary defense force'
China has been a member of the International Asteroid Warning Network, a centralized hub of information coordinated by NASA, since 2018. In 2022, Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space ...
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'Waste, fraud and abuse' is a political fight older than the nation. Here's what to know
Pinpointing the genesis of “waste, fraud and abuse” as political rhetoric is difficult. But the concept is older than the ...
Why a deal with China has strained New Zealand’s ties with the Cook Islands
Hundreds of protestors assembled outside the Cook Islands parliament in capital Avarua on Tuesday to protest against prime minister Mark Brown’s recent deal with China, which has sparked a diplomatic ...
China extends reach in South Pacific with Cook Islands deal
No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...
China willing to deepen mutual political trust with Cook Islands, premier says
China is willing to deepen mutual political trust with the Cook Islands, China's Premier Li Qiang said during a meeting with ...