China and Australia’s race around the Pacific
May 31, 2022
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China and Australia’s race around the Pacific
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<p>This week China tried to sign up 10 pacific nations to a new regional security pact.</p><p>Pacific leaders walked away from the deal – but just for now, and Chinese diplomats are hopeful they’ll get the deal done eventually.</p><p>If it happens, it would be another huge shift away from Australia by Pacific leaders.</p><p>So what is China offering? How did Australia lose the trust of our neighbours? And if China’s influence grows in the South Pacific what does it mean for us?</p><p>Today, world editor for <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Jonathan Pearlman, on the race to make deals in the South Pacific.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> World editor for <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Jonathan Pearlman.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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