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'Friends to all': US-China influence race a boon for Pacific islands
'Friends to all': US-China influence race a boon for Pacific islands
Business and Economy
by  AFP

When the US secretary of state travels through Papua New Guinea's capital next week to meet the leader of the South Pacific nation, it will be on a six-lane highway built by China. The rivalry between the United States and China has brought them to loggerheads in the Pacific -- and their jostle for influence has been a boon for islands like resource-rich and strategically located Papua New Guinea.