Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand can handle Pacific security, as China seeks region-wide agreement Stuff.co.nz

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand can handle security issues in the Pacific, as China seeks to sign a sweeping, region-wide agreement with 10 island nations. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi begins a week-long trip around the Pacific on Thursday and reportedly would be seeking to sign countries onto an agreement that spanned co-operation on development, trade, law enforcement, security, fisheries, and internet networks. It comes weeks after China struck a security arrangement with Solomon Islands, which alarmed New Zealand and Australia for fear it could result in a Chinese military base in the Pacific. A draft of the...