PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor

PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Interactive Dashboard ★ Featured Oct 5, 2026

PPEM Dashboard: August 2026 Preview

Explore a month of PRC diplomatic activity across nine Pacific posts: 87 events mapped by location, filtered by country, domain and activity type, and linked to the 300-plus officials and organizations involved.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 34 September 28, 2026

Fiji Sends Civil Servants to China’s Party School

Twenty-three senior Fijian officials train at the CCP cadre academy in Shanghai and Solomon Islands diplomats complete a course built for them alone; Fiji’s military commander tours two Chinese arms manufacturers and meets a Central Military Commission official; China’s ambassadors are absent across four Pacific posts.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 33 September 21, 2026

Judges, Governors, and a Princess Visit China

Samoa’s Chief Justice leads a judicial delegation that meets the CCP’s top political-legal official, a former Minister of State Security; officials from all four FSM states tour Zhejiang; Tonga’s Princess Pilolevu travels to Shenzhen; and China lobbies Pacific missions in Suva for Xiamen’s bid to host the High Seas Treaty secretariat.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 32 September 14, 2026

Guangdong and its Capital Send Delegations to the Pacific

Governors from all four FSM states attend a Ministry of Commerce seminar run by the Zhejiang body that doubles as China’s BRICS special economic zones secretariat; a Guangzhou delegation breaks ground on a Chinese-funded square in Naoero while a Guangdong delegation tours Fiji; Ambassador Cai Weiming hands over Honiara buildings damaged in the 2021 unrest.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 31 September 7, 2026

Eight Pacific States Report to Beijing’s Top Cop

China’s Minister of Public Security convenes the Fifth Ministerial Dialogue on police cooperation with delegations from eight of the nine Pacific Island Countries hosting Chinese missions; Samoa’s Deputy Prime Minister travels to Shanxi and PNG’s Mining Minister courts investors in Tianjin.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 30 August 31, 2026

Qian Bo Brings a Ledger to a Check Fight

China’s Special Envoy Qian Bo catalogues past projects at the Pacific Islands Forum while Washington and Canberra announce new money; Kiribati’s embassy publicizes five donations in a week; Chinese drones reach a third arm of the Vanuatu government.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 29 August 24, 2026

China Sends for Pacific Students

Five of China’s nine Pacific embassies hold scholarship and pre-departure ceremonies for students heading to Chinese universities; Ambassador Lyu Jin hosts Naoero’s Acting President nine days before the Pacific Islands Forum, meets Australia’s new High Commissioner, and calls the China-aided sports center a ‘project of the century.’

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 28 August 17, 2026

China Works the Interior

China’s Ambassador briefs Naoeroan MPs on Beijing’s ethnic unity law and holds a second party-to-party exchange with Vanuatu’s Land and Justice Party; a Chinese diplomat reaches the Solomon Islands’ Temotu Province for the first time.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 27 August 10, 2026

Close Protection, Aerial Surveillance, and a Spy Ship in Suva

China’s Police Liaison Team completes close protection training for the RSIPF officers who guard the Solomon Islands’ political leadership; the embassy in Port Vila donates drones to Vanuatu Correctional Services; Beijing’s defence attaché in Suva marks the return of a donated hydrographic survey ship.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 26 August 3, 2026

Beijing Sends Buyers to Port Moresby

A PetroChina delegation lands in Port Moresby days after Taiwan suspends spot LNG purchases; Guangdong signs a media letter of intent in Apia; China’s National Immigration Administration donates six vehicles to the Solomon Islands Immigration Division.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 25 July 27, 2026

China Addresses Taiwan Holdouts

Chinese diplomats publish one-China principle op-eds in Fiji and the FSM using PNG’s Taipei office closure as their opening; Liu Weimin defends the missile test in Tonga; China hands over 161 CHEC/Huawei-built telecom towers in the Solomon Islands.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 24 July 20, 2026

The CCP Takes Its Party Act to the Pacific

The CCP’s International Liaison Department makes its first recorded Pacific visit; Chinese ambassadors and provinces run six training programs for 130+ Pacific Islanders; PLA 99th anniversary receptions across three capitals.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 23 July 13, 2026

China’s Nauru Ambassador Hitches a Ride to Kiribati

China’s Ambassador to Nauru accompanies President Adeang to Kiribati’s independence day; Solomon Islands FM signs an economic framework in Beijing; PNG closes the Taipei Economic Office.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 22 July 6, 2026

Fiji Picks Australia; China Stays Anyway

Days after Fiji signed the Ocean of Peace Alliance with Australia, China’s defense attaché donated to the RFMF, attended the Commander’s birthday, and toured a frontline Fijian battalion.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 21 June 29, 2026

China and Taiwan Both Come Bearing Gifts

China and Taiwan each donate to the Pacific Islands Forum in parallel bids for influence; Qian Bo engages the PIF Secretariat and Tonga’s PM.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 20 June 22, 2026

China Delegates Pacific Diplomacy to the Provinces

Jiangsu Province leads China’s engagement with Fiji and Solomon Islands; Qian Bo briefs Pacific Islands diplomats in Nanjing on the Seven Cooperation Platforms.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 19 June 15, 2026

China’s Police Walk a Fiji Beat

China resumes police equipment handovers to Fiji and runs an intensive seminar campaign across the region.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Special Report ★ Featured May 25, 2026

Last-Mile Threat: AccLinks Communications

How AccLinks embeds high-risk Chinese hardware in Pacific Island telecommunications, gating Western-funded subsea cables.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 18 June 8, 2026

Fengqiao Lite in Lau Valley: China’s Grassroots Policing Model Adapts to the Solomons

China’s policing partnerships in the Solomons; coordinated Dialogue Among Civilizations push and a Nauru media broadcast.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 17 Jun 1, 2026

Wale Goes to Canberra; Beijing Stays Busy

China’s continuing engagement in the Solomons, and the GX Foundation’s delegation to Tonga.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 15 May 18, 2026

Beijing Counts Victories in Diplomatic Competition with Taiwan

PNG–China economic framework; one-China affirmations from Tonga and Nauru.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 14 May 11, 2026

From China Skeptic to Sit-Down

Solomon Islands PM Wale hosts Beijing's envoy; a Shanghai delegation visits Vanuatu.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 13 May 4, 2026

Nauru and Tonga Make the Pilgrimage to Beijing

Delegations travel to Beijing; the NauruansChinaStory cultural campaign.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 12 Apr 27, 2026

Xi to PM Marape: I Give You Guangdong

Papua New Guinea's investment tour; expanded PRC medical services in the Solomons and Samoa.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 11 Apr 20, 2026

Cuba and China's Kiribati Rendezvous

Cuba and China's Kiribati rendezvous, disaster relief across Micronesia, and high-level meetings.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 10 Apr 13, 2026

Climate Cooperation and Ministerial Visits

Climate cooperation week and ministerial visits across the Pacific.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 9 Apr 6, 2026

In the Shadow of the Crocodile

China–Papua New Guinea defense cooperation and diplomacy in Nauru.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 8 Mar 31, 2026

Tomb Sweeping Day & the Samoa Foray

Qian Bo's Samoa visit, Tomb Sweeping Day observance, and people-to-people ties.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 7 Mar 23, 2026

44 Years with Vanuatu, Subnational Diplomacy

44 years of relations with Vanuatu, subnational diplomacy, and education engagement.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 6 Mar 16, 2026

Food Security & the Economic Model

Food security, education, and promoting China's economic model across the Pacific.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 5 Mar 9, 2026

Women, Children, and Energy

Themes from the week: women, children, and energy across the Pacific.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 4 Mar 2, 2026

Chinese Police, Societal Engagement, and Sub-National Diplomacy

Chinese police engagement, societal outreach, and sub-national diplomacy across the Pacific.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 3 Feb 23, 2026

Customs and Drugs, Liu Weimin's Big Week

Customs cooperation and drug enforcement; a high-profile week for Ambassador Liu Weimin.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 2 Feb 16, 2026

Embassies Shut Down for Lunar New Year, Commercial Diplomacy

Embassies shut down for Lunar New Year while commercial diplomacy carries on.

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Wk 1 Feb 9, 2026

Lunar New Year Comes to the Pacific, David Adeang in Guangdong

Lunar New Year across the Pacific; Nauru President David Adeang visits Guangdong.

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