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Welcome to Your Week in Asia. French President Emmanuel Macron touches down in Vietnam as part of a regional tour, during which bilateral deals will be sealed and he will speak on defense issues. [1]

AFP Pacific Island leaders agreed on Friday to a new framework that would allow nations to join a key regional forum as strategic partners, after accusations that China was influencing regional decision-making. [2]

Sun Lee Palau has levelled serious allegations against China of cyberattacks, raising speculations about China’s efforts to increase its influence in the Pacific region. Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr. [3]

TOKYO -- The president of the Pacific island nation of Palau on Thursday called for help from the U.S., Japan and other allies over concerns about "uninvited" Chinese vessels entering its waters, as Washington and Beijing vie for regional influence. [4]

Sun Lee China has been steadily working to increase its influence in the Pacific island of Palau, using media, economic leverage, and political tactics as part of a broader strategy to expand its global presence. [5]

TOKYO -- Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr. told Nikkei Asia on Tuesday that pressure from China is reaching a "new level" after a tourism delegation was recently denied entry to Macao and as the Pacific island nation investigates a suspicious cyb... [6]

SYDNEY -- On Tuesday, as Americans cast their ballots in the U.S. presidential election, voters 13,000 kilometers away in the small Pacific island nation of Palau will also head to the polls to elect their next leader. [7]

Leaders from Pacific island countries gathered in Tokyo this week to discuss issues ranging from climate change to free trade agreements and security with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-05-25 · 100% match

Macron in Vietnam, ASEAN summit, Future of Asia

Welcome to Your Week in Asia. French President Emmanuel Macron touches down in Vietnam as part of a regional tour, during which bilateral deals will be sealed and he will speak on defense issues.

[2] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-09-13 · 100% match

Pacific leaders agree new summit rules after China, Taiwan bans

AFP Pacific Island leaders agreed on Friday to a new framework that would allow nations to join a key regional forum as strategic partners, after accusations that China was influencing regional decision-making.

[3] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-06-14 · 100% match

Palau accuses China of cyber attacks and political influence in the Pacific region

Sun Lee Palau has levelled serious allegations against China of cyberattacks, raising speculations about China’s efforts to increase its influence in the Pacific region. Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-06-15 · 100% match

Palau leader calls on U.S. for help over Chinese ships in its waters

TOKYO -- The president of the Pacific island nation of Palau on Thursday called for help from the U.S., Japan and other allies over concerns about "uninvited" Chinese vessels entering its waters, as Washington and Beijing vie for regional influence.

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-03-22 · 100% match

China’s Shadow in the Pacific: The Battle for Palau’s Sovereignty

Sun Lee China has been steadily working to increase its influence in the Pacific island of Palau, using media, economic leverage, and political tactics as part of a broader strategy to expand its global presence.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-07-16 · 100% match

Palau says China exerting 'new level' of pressure

TOKYO -- Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr. told Nikkei Asia on Tuesday that pressure from China is reaching a "new level" after a tourism delegation was recently denied entry to Macao and as the Pacific island nation investigates a suspicious cyb

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-11-05 · 100% match

Palau's close electoral race focused on domestic pressures

SYDNEY -- On Tuesday, as Americans cast their ballots in the U.S. presidential election, voters 13,000 kilometers away in the small Pacific island nation of Palau will also head to the polls to elect their next leader.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-07-20 · 100% match

On topic: PALM works to boost security amid China tensions

Leaders from Pacific island countries gathered in Tokyo this week to discuss issues ranging from climate change to free trade agreements and security with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-08-20 · 100% match

Empty Hotels, Idle Boats: What Happens When a Pacific Island Upsets China

KOROR, Palau — Empty hotel rooms, idle tour boats and shuttered travel agencies reveal widening fissures in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which is caught in an escalating diplomatic tug-of-war between China and Taiwan.

[10] MM aninews.in · 100% match

Latest News on surangel whipps jr - ANI News - Asia’s Premier News Agency

A Taiwanese delegation returns home safely after a minor car accident in Palau during a visit to attend the inauguration of President Surangel Whipps Jr. Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr.

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