Comoros president Azali Assoumani arrives in Beijing to attend the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit.
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The past eight Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summits, since 2000, have not resulted in mutual gain, particularly in trade and industrialisation for Africa.
An Australian warship is seen off the coast of Papua New Guinea in 2018.
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Papua New Guinea’s relative proximity to both China and Australia could give the US a military advantage in the Pacific region.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and then U.S Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands in Beijing on December 4, 2013.
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There are fears that escalating US-Chinese tensions could threaten the independence of African and other nonaligned nations.