"Congratulations Taneti Maamau and congratulations to the people ... which has been engaged in a battle for diplomatic influence with Beijing in the Pacific. At the time of the switch, Taiwan ...

Kiribati President Taneti Maamau, who has led the Pacific ... Kiribati has deepened its engagement with Beijing. The Maamau administration’s efforts to elevate security ties with the Chinese ...

In a social media post, Taneti Maamau’s office stated that the South ... It was the first such weapons test by Beijing in four decades and sparked fierce criticism from around the South Pacific ...

BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent a congratulatory message to Taneti Maamau on his re-election as Kiribati's president. In his congratulatory message, Xi pointed out that ...

Kiribati has drawn closer to China under longtime President Taneti Maamau, who is looking to extend his almost 10-year stint in charge. Beijing has been sending small teams of police to train ...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi expresses deep regret over withdrawal of certain major countries from Paris Agreement - Anadolu ...

In the remote Pacific island nation of Kiribati, population 120,000, President Taneti Maamau wants to ... The opposition has criticized Maamau’s Beijing buddy-up, and accuses him of undermining ...

SYDNEY -- Kiribati citizens on Friday voted in the country's presidential election in which pro-China incumbent President Taneti Maamau is seeking a third and final term in office as geopolitical ...

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday called for efforts to building a China-Pacific Island Countries (PICs) ...

Taneti Maamau, the pro-China President of Kiribati, has retained his seat in the country's parliamentary election. Maamau is seeking a third term as the Pacific island country's president later ...

New Zealand congratulated Kiribati’s Taneti Maamau after the pro-China president ... rising sea levels and relations with Beijing.