Xinhua, “Fijian PM arrives in Beijing for Olympics,” August 7, 2008. Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Waijiaobu Zhengce Yanjiushi (Policy Research Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC), Zhongguo Waijiao 2008 (China’s Foreign Affairs 2008) (Beijing: Shijie Zhishi Press, 2008), p. 63040.html (accessed on March 20, 2011).īessie Ng Kumlin Ali, Chinese in Fiji (Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, 2002), p. Lal (eds.), The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji: A Coup to End All Coups? (Canberra: ANU E Press, 2009).įergus Hanson, “Don’t ignore the big new player in Fiji,” Sydney Morning Herald, May 9, 2008. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.įor more information about the coup, see Jon Fraenkel, Stewart Firth, and Brij V. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. The increase was even more dramatic if compared with China’s pledged aid of US$1 million in 2005. What was particularly alarming to observers in the region was the report that China’s pledged aid to Fiji increased by sevenfold one year after the coup, from US$23 million in 2006 to US$161 million in 2007. China has also been training Fijian civil servants and technical staff in China. While New Zealand and Australia have imposed a travel ban on members of Fiji’s military regime, Beijing invited Bainimarama to the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. 1 Instead of condemning the coup, China called on Fiji’s neighbors to display a more understanding and reasonable attitude toward Fiji. China’s influence in Fiji has been growing since December 2006 when Commodore Josaia Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama staged a military takeover. As the political and economic hub of the South Pacific, Fiji is of particular importance in regional politics and economy.
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