{"id":11437,"date":"2023-11-10T13:53:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T13:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/10\/australias-pact-with-tuvalu-aims-to-counter-chinas-influence-in-pacific\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T13:53:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T13:53:22","slug":"australias-pact-with-tuvalu-aims-to-counter-chinas-influence-in-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/10\/australias-pact-with-tuvalu-aims-to-counter-chinas-influence-in-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s pact with Tuvalu aims to counter China\u2019s influence in Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday signed a bilateral agreement with Tuvalu, aimed at countering China\u2019s influence in the Pacific and protecting the tiny island nation from climate change.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The agreement, which Albanese said made Australia Tuvalu\u2019s \u201cpartner of choice\u201d, covers climate change, security and human mobility.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cThe Australia-Tuvalu Falepili union will be regarded as a significant day in which Australia acknowledged that we are part of the Pacific family,\u201d Albanese told a news conference in the Cook Islands where he is attending a meeting of Pacific leaders.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Australia will create a special visa for up to 280 Tuvaluans annually, 2.5% of the 11,200 population. Funds will also be provided for land reclamation in Tuvalu to expand land in the capital Funafuti by around 6%.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      In a nod to China\u2019s growing presence in the region, the agreement also requires the parties to consult before signing security or defence agreements with third parties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Tuvalu is one of just 13 nations to maintain an official diplomatic relationship with Taiwan, as Beijing has made increasing inroads into the Pacific.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Australia will also provide security support if requested by Tuvalu, Albanese said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      While the full text of the agreement has not been released, the Sydney Morning Herald reported earlier on Friday that all 11,200 residents of Tuvalu would be offered refuge in Australia if climate change made the country uninhabitable.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The government press release following the treaty signing made no mention of mass climate asylum.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Tuvalu, a collection of nine low-lying islands mid-way between Australia and Hawaii, is one of the world\u2019s most at-risk countries from climate change and has long drawn international attention to the issue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Earlier this year,\u00a0Tuvalu appeared\u00a0at legal hearings at an international court in Germany, seeking an advisory opinion on the obligations of countries to combat climate change.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Former Tuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe told the COP27 climate summit last year Tuvalu plans to build a\u00a0digital version\u00a0of itself, replicating islands and landmarks and preserving its history and culture.  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday signed a bilateral agreement with Tuvalu, aimed at countering China\u2019s influence in the Pacific and protecting the tiny island nation from climate change. The agreement, which Albanese said made Australia Tuvalu\u2019s \u201cpartner of choice\u201d, covers climate change, security and human mobility. \u201cThe Australia-Tuvalu Falepili union will be regarded <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}