Amplifying narratives about the 'China threat' in the Pacific may help China achieve its broader aims
- Written by Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide

Yet more proposed Chinese “security agreements” in the Pacific Islands have been leaked.
The drafts have been described by critics as revealing “the ambitious scope of Beijing’s strategic intent in the Pacific” and its “coherent desire […] to seek to shape the regional order”. There are...