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Kiribati's pro-China government bars foreign officials from visiting until 2025, citing elections

Aug. 22, 2024 20:42 PM EDT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Kiribati is suspending all diplomatic visits to the tiny Pacific Island nation until next year and has cancelled some already planned, because it is in the midst of an election process that could run for several more months, an official said...

An election in Kiribati provokes Western alarm about Beijing's sway in Pacific atoll nation

Aug. 14, 2024 04:11 AM EDT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — People in Kiribati went to the polls on Wednesday for the first round of voting in a national election expected to serve as a referendum on rising living costs and the government’s stronger ties with China. A second round of voting is scheduled on...