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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 gives some detail of its China deal that has upset close partner New Zealand
The deal does not mention joint security initiatives, unlike others China has made with small South Pacific nations. Cook ...
Cook Islands strikes deal with China on seabed minerals
The Cook Islands said on Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching ...
'No areas of concern': Cook Islands PM returns home, addresses NZ's China deal fears
Mark Brown is hoping to have "an opportunity to talk" with the New Zealand government to "heal some of the rift" ...
What is the Cook Islands deal with China and what has worried NZ?
Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this ...
Cook Islands and China sign five-year seabed exploration deal
The Cook Islands said on Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching ...
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 ...
China seeks deeper trust with Cook Islands, Premier Li tells Prime Minister Mark Brown
China seeks to increase "political trust" and belt and road cooperation with the Cook Islands, Premier Li Qiang told his visiting counterpart Mark Brown as they met on Friday. Multiple cooperation ...
Mark Brown on China deal: 'No need for New Zealand to sit in the room with us'
The Cook Islands prime minister says New Zealand is asking for too much oversight over its deal with Beijing which is ...
Cook Islands PM pledges to release details of China deal
SYDNEY: Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown said he would release soon the full details of a comprehensive strategic ...
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Why a China deal has set off a Cook Islands-New Zealand spat
But the proposed pact has shaken decades-old ties between the Cook Islands and New Zealand, neighbours that are set to mark ...
Mark Allen beaten in opening round of the Weide Cup Snooker World Open in China
MARK Allen and Jordan Brown both suffered final-frame defeats at the Weide Cup Snooker World Open in Yushan on Monday. World ...