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U.S. concerned after China says it signs security pact with Solomon Islands
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U.S. concerned after China says it signs security pact with Solomon Islands

Children fish at a beach in central Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, on September 14, 2012.. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register SYDNEY/BEIJING, April 19 (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday it had signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands, a move set to heighten concerns of […]

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Japan, Australia sign defence pact for closer cooperation
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Japan, Australia sign defence pact for closer cooperation

MELBOURNE, Jan 6 (Reuters) – Japan and Australia hailed on Thursday a new agreement to cooperate closely on defence as a breakthrough and a landmark, in the latest step to bolster security ties against the backdrop of rising Chinese military and economic might. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison held […]

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Australia to build eight nuclear-powered submarines under new Indo-Pacific pact
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Australia to build eight nuclear-powered submarines under new Indo-Pacific pact

SYDNEY, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Australia will build eight nuclear-powered submarines under an Indo-Pacific security partnership with the United States and Britain that analysts say will likely rile China, which denounced the creation of blocs intent on harming others. Australia will be only the second country after Britain in 1958 to be given access to […]

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