此前，美、日、澳三国在今年7月建立三方合作伙伴关系，共同投资“印太”地区，寻求与中国“一带一路”倡议(BRI)下获中国资助、迅速扩张的新项目竞争。
为了与南太平洋地区建立经济和政治关系，北京方面在过去7年里已承诺向该地区的项目提供60亿美元援助资金。在这个地区，巴布亚新几内亚是接受中国援助资金最多的国家——中方承诺向其提供50亿美元援助资金——尽管该国迄今只收到和使用了4.02亿美元资金。
华为和巴布亚新几内亚的Telikom PNG在2013年签订了一份向巴交付一个全国宽带网络的2亿美元合同。这家总部位于深圳的电信设备制造商表示，该项目将使巴布亚新几内亚能够推出高速宽带。今年8月有报道称，这个通过海底线缆把包括首都莫尔斯比港(Port Moresby)在内的5座巴布亚新几内亚城市连接起来的项目，建设资金将由中国进出口银行(Exim Bank of China)提供。
“巴布亚新几内亚的宽带网络，有可能成为计划中由美、澳、日管理的新三方基金的首个投资机会。”智库罗伊研究所(Lowy Institute)分析师乔纳森普赖克(Jonathan Pryke)说，“但我们需要看到这一合作伙伴关系的框架得到更多具体内容的充实。”
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时间: 2018-9-29 15:45
作者: hotcake
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时间: 2018-9-29 20:19
作者: shuijiao
US to make ‘counter offer’ to stop Huawei in Pacific
US, Australia and Japan push back against Chinese influence
The US government is working to stop Chinese telecoms company Huawei from building a major internet infrastructure project in Papua New Guinea, in the latest pushback by western powers against Beijing’s growing influence in the region.
James Caruso, the top US diplomat in Canberra, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation the country was working with Japan and Australia to develop an alternative to Huawei’s plans.
“We are working on a counter offer,” he said. “It’s not to say ‘don’t do business with China’. China offers are on the table — it’s up to us to be competitive.”
The move follows the establishment in July of a trilateral partnership to invest in infrastructure and development projects in the so-called Indo-Pacific region, as the countries seek to check the spread of China-backed projects under its Belt and Road Initiative.
Beijing has committed $6bn in aid to projects in the South Pacific over the past seven years, as it seeks to build economic and political ties in the region. PNG is the largest recipient of Chinese aid in the area — attracting $5bn in commitments — although it has only received and spent $402m.