Australia: ''Pacific foreign aid in doubt as budget looms''

From ABC Radio Australia

''There are fears foreign aid to Australia's South Pacific neighbours could be in for a chop in next week's budget and experts say that would leave the door open to an ever increasing Chinese influence in the region. 

Regional experts fear that could give China's growing influence even more room to move.

From the tiniest atolls to the bigger island states of the South Pacific, China is throwing its largesse around.''


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