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Cook Islands and China sign five-year seabed exploration deal

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The Cook Islands said on Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the Pacific nation’s seabed...

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Cook Islands announces deep sea minerals deal with China

The government of the Cook Islands said on Saturday that it had struck a five-year agreement with to explore deep-sea minerals. The deal has raised eyebrows in nearby New Zealand. The Cook Islands is a self-governing archipelago in the Pacific that maintains very close ties to under a free association agreement. Cook Islands nationals have the right to become citizens of New Zealand. Agreement covers exploration but not mining The Cook Islands…

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Cook Islands strikes deal with China on seabed minerals

The deal does not involve any agreement to give an exploration or mining licence to China, says the Cook Islands government.

14 hours ago·Singapore

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NZ Herald

Cook Islands and China sign five-year seabed exploration deal

The Cook Islands said on Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the Pacific nation’s seabed...

15 hours ago·Auckland, New Zealand

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Pearls and Irritations

Will New Zealand invade the Cook Islands to stop China? - Pearls and Irritations

New Zealand’s leading newspaper, the New Zealand Herald, screamed out this headline on 10 February: “Should New Zealand invade the Cook Islands?” The government and the mainstream media have gone ballistic (thankfully not literally just yet) over the move by the small Pacific nation to sign a strategic partnership with China in Beijing. It is Continue reading »

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