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For Pacific Islanders, 'AAPI' can render them invisible. How communities demand power by combatting erasure.
The broad categorization of AAPI, or Asian American Pacific Islander, almost stopped Pacific Island…
Samantha Crozier
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The US and its allies are scrambling to respond to China's intensifying moves in the heart of the Pacific
China's pursuit of security agreements with Pacific Island countries have set off alarm bells for t…
Christopher Woody
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The US and its allies are scrambling to respond to China's intensifying moves in the heart of the Pacific
China's pursuit of security agreements with Pacific Island countries have set off alarm bells for t…
Christopher Woody
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11 ways to support Asian American, Pacific Islander communities
Nearly 3,800 incidents of hate crime or discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islander…
Lauren Frias
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The Pacific's smallest countries are 'critical geostrategic ground' against China, top US commander says
The Pacific Islands, sparsely populated but strategically located, have outsize influence in the co…
Christopher Woody
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Isolation and closed borders: Here's how ten Pacific Island nations are COVID-19-free, and the costs that come with it
Vanuatu's director of public health Dr. Len Tarivonda told the BBC: "If the virus comes, it will pr…
James Pasley
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An Ancient Polynesian Culture Used A Completely Unique Binary Counting System
The big advantage of this hybrid system is that much of arithmetic becomes much easier, especially …
Andy Kiersz
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The US's plans to keep a foothold against China in the Pacific have 'one huge blind spot'
Countering China's influence among small island countries means the US has to take issues those cou…
Christopher Woody
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The Pacific Islands are drowning under rising sea levels. These stunning photos show their precarious way of life.
He told CNN that the country needed compensation, arguing that it contributed only .0016% of global…
James Pasley,James Pasley
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China is filling a 'strategic vacuum' in the Pacific left by the US and its allies, and that's bad news for Taiwan
In an email interview, Dr. Anna Powles, a senior lecturer at the Centre for Defence and Security St…
Christopher Woody
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The Marines Want More Asians
From focus groups, Marine leadership learned that family honor and the concept of self-betterment t…
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China accused of planning to exploit undersea cable networks to spy on other countries, report says
The Taiwan Foreign Ministry claims that China is trying to "monopolize" communication networks in t…
Sophia Ankel
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This new dating and friendship app wants to help Asians and Pacific Islanders 'find community and belonging'
"Alike" is meant to complement existing dating and friendship apps. "Unlike other apps, I know ther…
Sonah Lee-Lassiter
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Hate crimes against Asians and Pacific Islanders in San Francisco spiked more than 500% in 2021
Authorities said, of the 60 hate crimes reported in the city last year, they believe one man is res…
Erin Snodgrass
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These island nations could be underwater in as little as fifty years
For these nations, the Paris conference took on an unprecedented urgency. In a meeting with Preside…
Mark Abadi
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China is reportedly interested in building a military outpost on a tiny island in the Pacific - and it could be a 'game changer' for the region
"The most troubling implication for Australian interests is that a future naval or air base in Vanu…
Christopher Woody
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A World War II battleground is now another flash point in China's influence campaign in the Pacific
"There's no doubt that the emphasis on infrastructure and physical connectivity, which is somewhat …
Christopher Woody
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Australia's new prime minister sounds like he wants to take on China's growing influence in the South Pacific
In Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's first landmark Pacific policy address, the newly inst…
Christian Edwards,Christian E…
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An Australian defense official reportedly confirmed China's desire for increased military presence the South Pacific
"The most troubling implication for Australian interests is that a future naval or air base in Vanu…
Tara Francis Chan
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LIVE UPDATES: See the full results of the Northern Mariana Islands Democratic caucus
According to FiveThirtyEight's primary election forecast, former Vice President Joe Biden is projec…