Australia and its partners, chiefly the US, worry that such deals could potentially give China greater influence in a strategically significant region. Australia is Papua New Guinea’s largest ...

China has pursued its own bilateral security pact on policing with Papua New Guinea and with other South Pacific island nations which U.S. allies, including Australia, fear could undermine ...

Australia deploys rugby diplomacy to tempt neighbour away from China - Australian government will invest £300m in a new rugby ...