投稿者: Kate Lyons
Directive is likely to be a blow to US multinational companies like HP, Dell and MicrosoftChina has ordered that all foreign computer equipment and software be removed from government offices and public institutions within three years, the Financial Ti…
Otago Daily Times criticised for cartoon joking about measles outbreak that has killed 55A New Zealand newspaper has caused outrage for publishing a cartoon that made light of the measles crisis engulfing Samoa, which has killed 55 people so far, most …
Officials instructed to subject Australians to identity verification and either deport or detain them in Xinjiang internment camps, leaked documents revealThe Chinese government “red-flagged” 23 Australian citizens in its sweeping crackdown in Xinjiang…
It is a vote that has been 20 years in the making. On Saturday, residents of the remote archipelago in the Solomon Sea will start to decide their futureOn Saturday, the people of Bougainville – a small archipelago of islands flung 700km off the coast o…
Dan McGarry of the Daily Post told at Brisbane airport the Vanuatu immigration service had barred him from flying back to the island countryThe media director of a Vanuatu newspaper whose visa renewal was refused this month has been barred from flying …
All 111 members of parliament will get vehicles from the Apec fleet, but the fate of 40 Maseratis is not yet knownPapua New Guinea’s prime minister will receive one of the Bentley cars controversially purchased by the government at taxpayers’ expense f…
Frank Bainimarama’s heated argument with opposition MP Pio Tikoduadua was captured on videoNo assault charges will be laid against the prime minister of Fiji in relation to an incident with an opposition MP outside parliament, despite there being “suff…
Hong Kong leader forced to stop policy address as opponents shout her down 6.33am BST We’re going to close down the blog. Our main story is here. Related: Hong Kong leader forced to deliver key address via video after lawmakers protest 6.29am BST Con…
Charges allege O’Neill, who was replaced in May, took part in ‘official corruption’Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of the former prime minister of Papua New Guinea Peter O’Neill on corruption charges.The warrant was issued by the Waigani di…
Pacific nation changes allegiance to Beijing just days after Solomon Islands also cut ties with Taipei Taiwan has lost its second diplomatic ally in less than a week after the Pacific nation of Kiribati moved to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan and es…
Blow for Taipei as largest remaining ally in region switches relations to Beijing The Solomon Islands’ government has voted to sever its longstanding ties with Taiwan and take up diplomatic relations with Beijing.The move is a huge blow to self-ruled T…
Former Timor Leste president Xanana Gusmão hugs BJ Habibie, whose actions paved the way to independenceThe first president of Timor Leste has paid a touching visit to the bedside of the Indonesian president who granted the region a referendum on indepe…
Pohiva, 78, who had been a champion of democracy and activist for action on climate change, has died after a long illness The Pacific is in mourning after Akilisi Pohiva, the prime minister of Tonga, a long-time pro-democracy campaigner and leader in t…
Three of the most high-profile pro-democracy campaigners are among those who were heldJoshua Wong was a key student leader during pro-democracy protests in 2014 that paralysed parts of Hong Kong for 70 days in what came to be known as the “umbrella mov…
Joshua Wong, Andy Chan and Agnes Chow arrested, ahead of a weekend of anti-China protestsFull story: Joshua Wong and other pro-democracy figures arrested 6.35am BST We’re going to wrap up the live blog. Our reporter Erin Hale and Beijing bureau chief L…