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French president tours region where China has been extending its influence
Court battle exposes sale of lucrative fishing rights to company linked to Greek tycoons for fraction of market value
Washington’s new strategy comes after being caught off guard by Beijing’s push into region
Pacific island nation hopes litigation will force polluters to curb emissions
Critics point to ‘white elephant’ developments, debt risk and region’s strategic position
Chinese interest raises fears that visa-free programme is being exploited
Think-tank says China’s lack of institutional mechanisms poses risk to region’s borrowers
Recipient countries have received less than a fifth of promised aid from Beijing
Concern over Beijing’s sway prompts closer engagement with region’s small nations
Victory against infection would be first such eradication since smallpox
Parliamentary speaker seizes moment in power to cancel his own and 13 others’ graft convictions
UN prepares relief operation as island nation is hit by one of the Pacific’s worst ever storms
Travellers in search of silence and space can choose from a growing number of secluded — but still stylish — hotels
We may ridicule the South Pacific cargo cults but Europeans, too, worship material goods, writes Matthew Baylis
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