Riots and snubs- In Pacific Islands, a growing wariness of China and Economy News


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Riots and snubs: In Pacific Islands, a growing wariness of China Samoan prime minister’s decision to skip recent summit is latest evidence of growing mistrust of Beijing. Flanked by senior diplomats in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi addressed leaders from Pacific Island nations last October. The president of Kiribati, prime ministers of Fiji, Tonga and Niue, and the foreign ministers of Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia and Solomon Islands appeared in windows on a screen, their video summit meant to herald a new promise in China’s relations with their region. But one leader stood Beijing up...