Turning the South Pacific tides important for India
The trends have understandably put regional players such as Australia and New Zealand which have traditionally shepherded the Islanders’ interests, on alert.
The trends have understandably put regional players such as Australia and New Zealand which have traditionally shepherded the Islanders’ interests, on alert.
At the same time, the EU delivered its Indo-Pacific system which called for "multi-layered commitment with China on issues of normal interest" while "pushing back where basic conflict exists with China, for example, on common freedoms."
Tiangong-1 -- or "Heavenly Palace" -- was placed in orbit in September 2011, acting as a testing ground for China's efforts to build its own space station by 2022, but ceased functioning in 2016.