Anthony Albanese begins a long Pacific tour this week ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Solomon Islands, as the battle for influence between China and Australia continues to create headlines.

It comes amid a flurry of gift-giving between China and Australia that has highlighted — on what one expert labelled an almost “comical” level — the tit-for-tat efforts by both countries to exert influence on the ground in Honiara ahead of the meeting.

  • sad_detective_man@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    3 months ago

    this is my favorite kind of politics, watching two powers vie for the interest of a 3rd neutral party. kind of sinister, kind of funny, can’t help but root for the little guy in the middle. love to see see it