By Anne-marie Brady
''Looking North, having a look South'' brings jointly the works of top China, Taiwan, and Pacific politics experts examining an issue of starting to be significance: China and Taiwan's ever-growing involvement within the South Pacific. there's no doubt that China is at the upward push in Asia, Africa, South the United States, the Caribbeans, or even the Antarctica and the Arctic, this upward thrust should be in part attributed to China's actions within the South Pacific.
This ebook will pinpoint China's involvement within the South Pacific in the context of China's wider overseas coverage and the demanding situations it poses to the normal dominant powers of the quarter -- the China-Taiwan contention has helped to significantly adjust the stability of conventional impression within the South Pacific the place China is now one of many greatest relief donors within the area, squeezing out Australia, New Zealand, and the us, either when it comes to investment and impression
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The South Pacific: China’s New Frontier 13 have been enacted to regulate the logging industry, but rampant corruption has rendered those restrictions meaningless. Malaysian companies began raping the forests of the Solomon Islands and defrauding the people there to the extent that alarm bells sounded even at home in Malaysia. In 1996, in an unprecedented move, the then Malaysian deputy Prime Minister—and now opposition leader—Anwar Ibrahim called on Malaysian companies to be sensitive to environmental issues and not overlog.
The Taiwanese denied any political interference in the Solomons, but it is undeniable that “check-book diplomacy” by Taiwan as well as mainland China has fuelled corruption not only in the Solomons but all over the Pacific. Taiwan is a major donor to the Solomon Islands government, which has received millions of dollars in aid for rural development projects, educational scholarships and urban infrastructure development. The Taiwan government has funded a hospital and an agricultural research station in Honiara, staffed partly by Taiwanese personnel.
Taiwan is a major donor to the Solomon Islands government, which has received millions of dollars in aid for rural development projects, educational scholarships and urban infrastructure development. The Taiwan government has funded a hospital and an agricultural research station in Honiara, staffed partly by Taiwanese personnel. In 2007, 20 Solomon Islands policemen were trained in Taipei, and Taiwan is becoming more involved in the country’s security services, perhaps to keep an eye on newly arrived migrants from mainland China.
