article_snippet: Western interest in South Pacific has risen in recent years as China increases aid and diplomatic activities in a region that New Zealand and Australia traditionally regard as New Zealand and Australia sphere of influence.
article_snippet: Nations include the United States, Australia, Canada, Britain and New Zealand.
article_snippet: China is on the radar... so what can China do?'
article_snippet: Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, the Solomons Islands, the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Nauru and France's overseas territories New Caledonia and French Polynesia.