Australia hikes aid in Pacific as China pushes for influence

May 10, 2018 4:41 PM

SYDNEY (AFP) – Australia is refocussing its foreign aid programmes in a move to win hearts and minds in the island nations of the Pacific, as an increasingly assertive China flexes its muscles in the region.

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