Back-to-back visits to Papua New Guinea by top Australian and Chinese ministers have highlighted the competition for influence in the country and underscored China’s unease with the AUKUS military alliance.
As Anthony Albanese landed in Port Moresby earlier this week, China’s foreign minister had just departed. The Chinese official, Wang Yi, took a swipe at AUKUS and Australia during his weekend visit, saying the agreement “runs counter” to the Treaty of Rarotonga and the nuclear non-proliferation agreement between Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and other countries in the South Pacific.
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