China has also started to pay the rFiji owes China, the world’s biggest bilateral lender, just over US$218 million (S$285 million), according to World Bank data. Following his election win in 2022, Mr Rabuka has turned towards Australia for additional aid donations.
Former Fiji leader Frank Bainimarama struck a policing agreement with China a decade ago, but Mr Rabuka called time on that arrangement and in June announced a “police force reset” that will see it work more closely with Australia. REUTERSegion more attention as it steps up efforts to diplomatically isolate Taiwan, which Beijing views as part of its territory, and sever the island’s relations with the nearby Pacific nations of the Marshall Islands, Palau and Tuvalu.
Fiji owes China, the world’s biggest bilateral lender, just over US$218 million (S$285 million), according to World Bank data. Following his election win in 2022, Mr Rabuka has turned towards Australia for additional aid
