July 19, 2022
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Former Kiribati president Anote Tong suspects a major agreement is "cooking" between Beijing and Tarawa after the country's decision to quit the Pacific Islands Forum..."I know they are cooking something with China," Tong, who led the atoll islands from 2003 to 2016, said. "I think it would have started with the reopening of the Phoenix Island Protected Area." The Phoenix Islands Protected Area is the largest designated marine protected area in the world, spanning almost 400,000 sq km...
