Cook Islands announces deep sea minerals deal with China
The Cook Islands has announced five-year agreement with China for the exploration of seabed minerals. New Zealand has urged ...
Cook Islands deal with China on economy, seabed mining spurs protest
A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships ...
Winston Peters to address Cook Islands-China deals in Beijing talks
Foreign Minister Winston Peters needs to restate New Zealand’s relationship with the Cook Islands during talks with his ...
New Zealand must ‘reset’ Cook Islands ties after China pact, foreign minister says
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Wednesday his country must “reset” its relationship with the Cook Islands ...
China, Cook Islands sign action plan for partnership deal
China and the Cook Islands signed an action plan last week for a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two ...
China extends reach in South Pacific with Cook Islands deal
No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...
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Cook Islands gives some detail of its China deal that has upset close partner New Zealand
The public quarrel between New Zealand and Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — was a victory for Beijing’s efforts to woo Pacific leaders and a blow ...
Cook Islands signs strategic agreement with China
The tiny Pacific nation’s partnership agreement with China was signed amid a furious diplomatic row with New Zealand, its ...
Cook Islands PM signs agreement with Beijing
A comprehensive partnership deal between the Cook Islands and China has been signed in Harbin over the weekend.
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Cook Islands’ China Shock: A ‘Frog in the Pot’ Moment for Pacific Security
Cook Islands deal has implications for Pacific security, but particularly for New Zealand, the United States, and Australia.
New Zealand government alarmed by Cook Islands deal with China
The Cook Islands’ pact with China has been furiously denounced by New Zealand as breaching the neo-colonial constitutional ...