What is the Cook Islands deal with China and what has worried NZ?
Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this ...
Cook Islands China deal riles allies as West's grip loosens
The Cook Islands may be small but the ambitions of its leader are mighty and his signing of a range of deals with China ...
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Avarua protestors demand transparency in the China-Cook Islands agreement
"The Cook Islands is small, and when you sign deals with economic giants like China, you have to question the long-term consequences." ...
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Pork barrels blocking our defense build-up vs China
China’s annexation of Taiwan will all the more threaten the Philippines. Only 97 kilometers, or 52.4 miles, separate Batanes ...
Cook Islands Says It Has Signed Cooperation Pacts With China
The Cook Islands said it has formalized cooperation pacts with China, including an action plan for a comprehensive strategic ...
Cook Islands PM survives no-confidence vote over China pact
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown survived on Wednesday a vote of no confidence in parliament brought by the opposition ...
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Cook Islands gives some detail of its China deal that has upset close partner New Zealand
WELLINGTON--The South Pacific country of Cook Islands on Tuesday unveiled the details of a deal with China to boost cooperation on matters including mining seabed minerals, after the pact ...
Cook Islands’ China deal a ‘nightmare scenario’ for Australia
New Zealand is facing its own ‘Solomon Islands moment’ over a shock deal between China and the Cook Islands that clears the ...
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IRSA: China and the Cook Islands: Building the 'Belt and Road' Through Equality, Mutual Benefit, and Win-Win Cooperation
According to International Relations Study Association(IRSA), on the afternoon of February 14, 2025, during the closing of ...
China-Cook Islands deal raises security concerns for NZ
China will be able to establish a “significant strategic presence” in the Pacific following its new agreement with the Cook ...
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Cook Islands China deal riles allies as West's grip loosens
The Cook Islands may be small but the ambitions of its leader are mighty. A range of deals Prime Minister Mark Brown signed with China without consulting the public or New Zealand – an ally to ...