China's President Xi spreads cash, seeks influence in the Pacific
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Today] November 24, 2014 -
BEIJING, When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Australian state of Tasmania last week, he was greeted by a front page of the local newspaper written in Mandarin. He ate the island’s salmon, which will soon be available in China, and met a rare beast known as the Tasmanian devil.
While United States President Barack Obama quickly returned to the White House after a series of Asian summits, Mr Xi kept going. He spent more days than Mr Obama in Australia, America’s staunch ally, toured New Zealand, another US ally, and flew to the tiny Pacific island of Fiji.
Everywhere Mr Xi went, he left a trail of money — a bounty aimed at showcasing China as the dominant economic power in Asia.
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