Overview

• Eleven Pacific nations, excluding Taiwan-recognising states and France-aligned territories New Caledonia and French Polynesia, attended the two-day summit in Xiamen.
• Beijing pledged US$2 million for clean energy, fisheries, ocean conservation, low-carbon infrastructure and tourism, and promised 100 “small but beautiful” projects over three years.
• China and Pacific partners set cooperation priorities that include police training and agreed to launch a ministerial-level security dialogue this year.
• The joint statement emphasised that China’s aid carries no political conditions and reaffirmed the one-China principle regarding Taiwan.
• Australia opposed any external role in Pacific policing even as Kiribati, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands already host Chinese police officers.