pacific ocean

China’s declining aid to Pacific islands increasingly goes to allies, think tank reports

October 31, 2023 Rod McGuirk, Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia — China’s declining aid to the South Pacific is increasingly targeted toward its political allies in the region as appetite there for Chinese credit declines and competition grows with the U.S. for influence, […]

Some fear China could win from US spat with Marshall Islands

November 30, 2021 Matthew Lee and Nick Perry, Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — For decades, the tiny Marshall Islands has been a stalwart American ally. Its location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has made it a key strategic outpost for the U.S. […]

WANG: Chinese aggression threatens peace and prosperity of Indo-Pacific

November 11, 2021 Elliot Wang

Taiwan and the United States are rapidly developing closer relations than ever before. Unfortunately, one major instigator threatens to unravel the progress that we have achieved — China. Taiwan has tried repeatedly to be effective […]

Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into sea in 2 years

April 19, 2021 The Associated Press

TOKYO — Japan’s government decided Tuesday to start releasing massive amounts of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in two years — an option fiercely opposed by local […]

Japan seeks to boost catch limits of prized bluefin tuna

October 8, 2020 Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press

MITO, Japan — Japan has proposed raising its catch quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna, a fish so highly prized for sushi and sashimi that its population is at less than 5% of historical levels. An […]