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Global Powers Compete for Pacific Influence

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China has been expanding its influence in the Pacific, signing multiple defense pacts and infrastructure deals with island nations. At the same time, recent meetings between U.S. President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have reaffirmed their interests in the region, vying to counteract Xi Jinping’s influence. On this episode of Zoom In Zoom Out, TaiwanPlus speaks with Mihai Sora, a research fellow at the Lowy Institute. We discuss how this political power play is playing out and how Taiwan’s diplomatic allies in the Pacific complicate the landscape.