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Book Review: Hampton Sides revisits Captain James Cook, a divisive figure in the South Pacific

Captain James Cook’s voyages in the South Pacific in the late 1700s exemplify the law of unintended consequences. In recent decades, Cook has been vilified by some scholars and cultural revisionists for bringing European diseases, guns and colonization. Sides’ book is sure to rile some Indigenous groups in Hawaii and elsewhere in the Pacific Islands, who contend Cook ushered in the destruction of Pacific Island cultures. ....

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Blinken visits Tonga, discusses strategic importance of Pacific region

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the island nation of Tonga on Wednesday, the latest senior U.S. official to visit the South Pacific, and warned of China's "problematic behaviour" in the region. China’s growing presence in the region, which saw it sign a security pact with the Solomon Islands last year, has fuelled concern in Washington and Canberra about Beijing’s ambitions and prompted Western aid and increased engagement. Blinken said at a press conference that the U.S. had no objection to engagements in the region by other countries including China but there were concerns that investments needed to be transparent and undertaken according to the rule of law, with sustainable finance and no strings. ....

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