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New rules for aid in the Pacific - as China challenges for influence

Peru Chinese Naval Hospital

A Chinese official sits in front of Chinese naval hospital in port of Callao, Peru, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. The Peace Ark, a Chinese naval hospital ship is making a first-ever call into a South American port in a sign of the Asian economic giant’s growing influence in Washington’s backyard. It’s the last destination on a three-month “Harmonious Mission” that also included stops in Australia, Mexico and the U.S. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia) Source: AP / Martin Mejia/AP

The Australian Government has revised its Overseas Development Policy for the first time in a decade.


The paper has a renewed focus on the Pacific, as Australia competes for influence in the region.

But the strategy ties funding to so-called Australian values.

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