China gives huge aid to Cook Islands, perhaps for rare minerals

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China gives huge aid to Cook Islands, perhaps for rare minerals

In mid-February, the Prime Minister of the Pacific island nation of the Cook Islands visited China, and the two countries established a so-called "comprehensive strategic partnership". The Chinese Communist Party also provided a one-time donation of US$4 million to the Cook Islands. Although the two sides did not disclose the details of the cooperative relationship, the outside world suspected that the Chinese Communist Party's move was to obtai…