China’s rejection of the agreement shows that the Pacific will not be used as a geopolitical pawn
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is nearing the end of a marathon tour of eight Pacific states. On Saturday, he will visit the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste. Although Wang will come out with multiple bilateral economic and development agreements, he will not return to China with the …