Influence pushes will destabilise Pacific Islands

China, Taiwan and others seek to increase their Pacific-area influence

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  • Investors feeding off business and rivalries
  • Aid competition
  • Natural resources
  • Social unrest and economic migration
  • The Solomons
  • PNG
  • Tonga
  • Tensions and migrants
  • Corruption
  • Land grabs
  • Crime
  • Australian alarm over potential crises
  • Biketawa Plus
  • Patrol boats
  • Bilateral treaties

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