Papua New Guinea gains a team in Australian rugby league in diplomatic push aimed at curbing China
Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal linked to limiting Chinese ...
Three Deals in 12 Days: How Australia Is Countering China in the Pacific
In separate agreements with Nauru, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, Australia is attempting to edge out China’s ...
Australia to tackle Chinese influence with Papua New Guinean rugby team
A team from the Pacific nation will join Australia’s National Rugby League in a $400 million deal that deepens ties while ...
The Independent13d
Australia deploys rugby diplomacy to tempt neighbour away from China
Australia and its partners, chiefly the US, worry that such deals could potentially give China greater influence in a strategically significant region. Australia is Papua New Guinea’s largest ...
AFP on MSN13d
Australia to spend US$385 million on Papua New Guinea rugby league team with eye on China
SYDNEY: Australia will spend US$385 million to establish a team from Papua New Guinea in its rugby league competition, Prime ...
Australia turns to rugby to curb China influence in PNG
Papua New Guinea (PNG) will join Australia's national rugby league competition, after signing a deal that obligates them to ...
WSB Radio13d
Papua New Guinea gains a team in Australian rugby league in diplomatic push aimed at curbing China
China has pursued its own bilateral security pact on policing with Papua New Guinea and with other South Pacific island nations which U.S. allies, including Australia, fear could undermine ...