Fiji reevaluates security partnership with China amidst Pacific tensions.

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has indicated that his country is reconsidering its security ties with China amid rising geopolitical tensions in the Pacific. Rabuka said Fiji was reviewing a police cooperation agreement it signed with China in 2011 that has allowed Chinese police officers to be stationed in Fiji. He also said Fiji was finalizing a defense agreement with New Zealand, which it expected to complete next week. China and the U.S. have increased their competition for influence in the Pacific in recent years.