New US-China flashpoint : QUAD to build Fiji port #uschinaconflict #fiji #usa #australia #japan

Quad kicks back to life in Asia Pacific, looking to develop ports in Fiji, in a counter to China’s rise
The foreign ministers of India, the United States, Australia and Japan have announced plans to jointly develop port infrastructure in Fiji, a strategically important Pacific island nation, following their meeting in New Delhi earlier this week.
Their grouping, called the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue alliance – or Quad, for short – has worked over the past two decades as a counter force to China’s economic and political influence in the Asia Pacific region.
As the grouping faces questions about its relevance in today’s world order, and US President Donald Trump has been wooing China, Washington has pivoted away from the region as its top priority in favour of the Western Hemisphere and the Middle East.
first ports to be developed on the island under a pilot project by the newly announced “Quad Ports of the Future Partnership”.
China perceives the Quad as an anti-China coalition, and this new project in Fiji is viewed as the Quad expanding its operations from Indo-Pacific hotspots into the Pacific Island countries.
China carries out cheque book diplomacy in the region , so this development initiative at the level of quad

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