Letter from Chinese Ambassador Wang Xiaolong Issue 3 is entitled “China: A Development Partner to the Pacific Region“, which is an interpretation of the relations between China and the Pacific.
Ambassador Wang states: ‘In my decades of diplomatic career, only a handful of events or activities have left me with deep impressions and everlasting memories. One of them is the collective meeting between President Xi Jinping and the Leaders of Pacific Island Countries that have diplomatic ties with China, held on the margin of the APEC Leaders’ Informal Meeting in Port Moresby in November 2018. I was a witness to the event. President Xi and the Pacific leaders at the time jointly agreed to elevate the relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership featuring mutual respect and common development, ushering in a new era of all-around cooperation between the two sides.
