Port Moresby, PNG: The  Papua New Guinea (PNG)  liquefied natural gas project, in which Santos and Oil Search are involved, has settled a deal with a Chinese company to take two million tonn

Suva, Fiji: Fiji’s national carrier, Air Pacific, is to make its first flight to Hong Kong today.

Suva, Fiji: Fiji’s seaweed farmers could be striking it big next year with a major new market secured in China, according to the Ministry of Primary Industries.

Taipei, Taiwan: The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) announced November 16 that it had signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with mainland China.

Sydney, Australia: China's trade with the Pacific has seen explosive growth over the past decade, according to a new study by the ANZ Bank.

Port Moresby, PNG: China has signed an agreement to buy tens of millions of tonnes of liquefied natural gas from Papua New Guinea's biggest resource project.

Beijing, China: China’s State Councilor and Defence Minister Liang Guanglie held talks in Beijing Monday with Patrick Crowby, Minister of Internal Affairs of Vanuatu.

Cairns, Australia: Australian Prime Minister and Forum Chairman Kevin Rudd has called on China to come clean about its aid programmes to impoverished Pacific Island nations

Canberra, Australia: Australia is working with the World Bank and China to try to get more transparency and effectiveness from Beijing's aid to the Pacific

Rarotonga, Cook Islands: Plans are being made for the opening of a Cook Islands representative office in China this August,