SYDNEY/BEIJING -- China is bolstering economic ties with Papua New Guinea as the Pacific nation seeks to expand trade with the world's second-largest economy even while deepening military cooperation with the U.S.
Beijing leverages frustrations over economic ties with U.S., Australia

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with then-Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O'Neill in Port Moresby in 2018. © Reuters
SYDNEY/BEIJING -- China is bolstering economic ties with Papua New Guinea as the Pacific nation seeks to expand trade with the world's second-largest economy even while deepening military cooperation with the U.S.