A Pacific nation's Covid-19 crisis has become a political power play between China and Australia

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China and Australia have found another battleground for their deepening diplomatic standoff: the Pacific Islands' pandemic response.

China and Australia have found another battleground for their deepening diplomatic standoff: the Pacific Islands' pandemic response.

Canberra has hit back at Beijing's claims it is derailing the rollout of Chinese vaccines in Papua New Guinea , the most-populous Pacific nation."We support Papua New Guinea making sovereign decisions," Australia's minister for the Pacific, Zed Seselja, said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday. Why are Australian officials hinting at war with China?That's not the way Beijing sees it.

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