Australia’s Influence in Pacific Islands Grows as China’s Wanes
- Promises of free vaccines boosts military ties with Fiji
- China poised to continue wooing region as pandemic subsides
Photographer: Richard Vogel/AP
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Australia is moving to boost ties with small island nations off its eastern coastline, pushing back against China’s growing influence in the Pacific Ocean as the virus outbreak hinders travel.