China and the Cook Islands have wrapped up their first joint scientific expedition in the South Pacific, a region emerging as a focal point in the geopolitical race for rare earths. The 4,000-tonne ...

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The China-Cook Island's Comprehensive Strategic Partnership draws the island nation into a rising competition in the pacific between great powers. The Cook Islands, an archipelago with a modest ...

The Cook Islands and China signed a partnership agreement on February 15, further strengthening China's position in the Pacific. The agreement emerged despite the concern of some stakeholders about ...

Cook Islands PM visits China, to meet Premier Li Qiang New Zealand upset over lack of consultation on agreements Brown to sign strategic partnership with China on infrastructure, trade, economy ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was considering terminating some trade ties with China, singling out cooking oil, which traders and analysts said would have little impact as such shipments had ...