Papua New Guinea gains a team in Australian rugby league in diplomatic push aimed at curbing China
Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced Thursday linked to ...
Australia to tackle Chinese influence with Papua New Guinean rugby team
A team from the Pacific nation will join Australia’s National Rugby League in a $400 million deal that deepens ties while ...
The Irish Times6d
How Australia used rugby league to tackle China’s Pacific power play
This political and sporting saga weaves together the most unlikely of players, from the Communist Party of China, to the massive island of Papua New Guinea, the administration of US President Joe ...
The Washington Post14d
Papua New Guinea gains a team in Australian rugby league in diplomatic push aimed at curbing China
China has pursued its own bilateral security pact on policing with Papua New Guinea and with other South Pacific island nations which U.S. allies, including Australia, fear could undermine ...
The Independent13d
Australia deploys rugby diplomacy to tempt neighbour away from China
Australia and its partners, chiefly the US, worry that such deals could potentially give China greater influence in a strategically significant region. Australia is Papua New Guinea’s largest ...
scmp.com14d
Australia seals Papua New Guinea security deal with eye on China
in the latest move by the US ally to attempt to contain China’s growing strategic presence in the region. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stood alongside Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James ...
The Straits Times13d
Australia to spend US$385 million on PNG rugby league team with eye on China
to establish a team from Papua New Guinea in its rugby league competition, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Dec 12, a move designed to help ward off China. Papua New Guinea has long lobbied ...
The Taipei Times13d
Australia to spend US$385m on PNG rugby league team with eye on China
Australia is to spend AS$600 million (US$385) million to establish an Australian National Rugby League team from Papua New Guinea (PNG), Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday, a ...
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Australia to spend $385 mn on PNG rugby league team with eye on China
a move designed to help ward off China. Papua New Guinea has long lobbied for a side in Australia's National Rugby League but safety fears and a lack of funding in the Pacific nation had thwarted ...
Yahoo Finance14d
Papua New Guinea to join NRL in £301m ‘diplomacy deal’ against China funded by taxpayer
A team from Papua New Guinea will join Australian rugby league competition the NRL in a "diplomacy deal" that will cost the taxpayer £301m. Play Video A team from Papua New Guinea will join Australian ...
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