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China and the Pacific: The View from Oceania is based on a
conference held at the National University of Samoa in Apia from 25
to 27 February 2015. China's new role as an important diplomatic
and economic partner of the island countries of the Pacific has
attracted increasing attention, and some controversy, in recent
years. The unique priority of this conference in Samoa was to give
full opportunity for both Pacific voices to be heard on the subject
and for productive engagement and discussion between Pacific island
participants and those from China. Samoa's Prime Minister, China's
Ambassador to Samoa, and leading politicians and academics from all
around the Pacific islands region made contributions which are
included in this book. Topics covered include: Changing
Geopolitics: Is China replacing traditional partners? Regional
Security: How has China changed regional security? Chinese in the
Pacific: What is the role of Chinese communities in the region?
Development Cooperation: New opportunities and also a new aid
environment? Trade and Investment: What opportunities - and what
challenges - have come with China's increasing economic engagement?
The conference was jointly sponsored by the National University of
Samoa, the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre at
Victoria University of Wellington, and Sun Yat-sen Univesity of
Guangzhou.
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