ASSESSMENTS

China Looks to the South Pacific

May 21, 2001 | 05:00 GMT

Summary

In recent weeks, Beijing has stepped up contacts in an unusual and remote corner of the world: the South Pacific. Beijing's involvement in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific is part of a larger Chinese strategy, one that will give Beijing increasing economic, political and - potentially - military leverage.

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