China woos Papua New Guinea with free trade push

Beijing leverages frustrations over economic ties with U.S., Australia

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Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with then-Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O'Neill in Port Moresby in 2018.  © Reuters

RURIKA IMAHASHI and IORI KAWATE, Nikkei staff writers

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.

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