A Pacific island’s Covid-19 crisis has become a political power play between China and Australia

A Pacific island’s Covid-19 crisis has become a political power play between China and Australia

 

 

China and Australia have found another battleground for their deepening diplomatic standoff: the Pacific Islands’ pandemic response.

Canberra has hit back at Beijing’s claims it is derailing the rollout of Chinese vaccines in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the most-populous Pacific island nation. “We support Papua New Guinea making sovereign decisions,”
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