Mr Wang was last in PNG in 2022, during a regional visit where China unsuccessfully sought a regional security and trade deal. China has however signed major security and policing agreements with ...

Mr Tkatchenko stressed discussions with China were in their "early stage" and that PNG had not yet accepted ... their security pact just before the 2022 federal election, which then shadow foreign ...

In 2022, the director of PNG’s controversial Kikori Special Economic Zone, created with seed funding from Beijing, was asked if Australia or China was the preferred partner. The interview was ...