Toward Decline
'Reasonable' Naoero didn't endorse criticism of China's missile test, Bowen says - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Why it matters
Nauru's public refusal to criticise China's missile test, described as 'reasonable' by Australian Foreign Minister Bowen, indicates a Pacific island state declining to join Western criticism of Chinese military aggression. This demonstrates China's growing diplomatic leverage in the Pacific and erosion of the allied consensus needed to counter Chinese strategic expansion in Australia's near region.
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