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Title: Book review : The China alternative : changing regional order in the Pacific Islands
Authors: Firth, Stewart
Keywords: Books -- Reviews
Oceania -- Foreign relations -- China
China -- Foreign relations -- Oceania
Oceania -- Economic conditions
Issue Date: 2021-05
Publisher: University of Malta. Islands and Small States Institute
Citation: Firth, S. (2021). Book review : The China alternative : changing regional order in the Pacific Islands. Small States & Territories, 4(1), 183-184.
Abstract: This excellent collection of essays covers numerous facets of the rise of China in the Pacific Islands: not just the response of great powers and small island states but also the reaction of Pacific Islanders to the influx of Chinese as investors, traders and workers. The text deals with issues of identity and security in the contemporary Pacific, and was completed just before the onset of the global pandemic. A valuable update on COVID-19 as at mid-2020 fills some of that gap. The pandemic set the stage for ‘health diplomacy’ by the USA (North Pacific), Australia and New Zealand (South Pacific) and China (the entire region). The authors conclude that “the ultimate result may be to further tilt the economic balance in China’s favour” (p. 26.) [excerpt]
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/74975
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