Countering Chinese Inroads into Micronesia

Cheng, Dean (2016-10-27). Countering Chinese Inroads into Micronesia (Report). Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation. p. 3.

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Abstract: As China’s economy has grown and China has assumed the role of foremost global trading power, Beijing has extended its influence to the South Pacific. The latest development has been reports of a new mega-resort on the island of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The United States, which has generally played the dominant role in this area that straddles key sea lanes of communications to the western Pacific, needs to keep a close eye on Chinese efforts to make inroads there. Otherwise, Washington could find itself strategically outflanked. [1] Current State of Affairs in Micronesia and the Pacific...