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Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a sporting deal accompanied by strategic and confidential security pact that is designed to counter Chinese influence in the region. Back to Guardian ...

The state-funded Australian Broadcasting Corporation crowed: “In a contest of influence in Papua New Guinea, Australia triumphed over China through our shared love of footy.” The deals ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced Thursday linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, shakes hands with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James ...

A team from Papua New Guinea will join Australian rugby league ... deal is part of an Australian push to counteract increasing Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific and follows Australian support ...

a move designed to help ward off China. Papua New Guinea has long lobbied for a side in Australia's National Rugby League but safety fears and a lack of funding in the Pacific nation had thwarted ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced Thursday linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South Pacific.