Sydney (AFP) Oct 31, 2023 - China s spending spree throughout the South Pacific is drying up as Beijing instead seeks to cement its footprint in a smaller number of friendly states, Australian researchers said Tuesday.
The problem with all this focus on Chinese economic coercion, and the related anxieties about its ability to weaponize trade, is that China hasn’t been particularly good at it.
America and its allies are cultivating India as an economic and diplomatic partner. But its prime minister’s authoritarian streak is becoming harder to ignore.