中國加大對南寧靖洋國度支援
Australia is the biggest donor of foreign aid in the South Pacific but China is challenging its influence in a region it regards as its back yard, according to research by the Lowy Institute think-tank.
Between 2006 and 2013 Australia provided $6.8bn in bilateral aid to the region, the US gave $1.7bn and China spent $1.4bn. But Beijing is now the biggest overseas backer of Fiji, providing $339.2m to the island nation in the same period while Australia gave $252.2m.
Chinese grants and loans are helping to build roads, schools and other infrastructure in the eight countries with which it enjoys diplomatic relations in the region. Chinese companies are active and are backing the $1.6bn Ramu Nickel mine in Papua New Guinea.
“In some specific countries in the Pacific, the amount of aid provided by China is rivalling that of Australia and other traditional partners,” says Philippa Brant, Lowy Institute researcher and author of the report.
“Perhaps one of the reasons the Pacific was quarantined from the cuts was to help maintain Australia’s dominance as a donor in the face of increasing engagement from China and other emerging donors.”
China does not publish a definitive list of aid projects, considering them a state secret. The Lowy Institute drew on 500 sources, including budgets, tender documents, and government statements, as well as interviews.
依據智庫洛伊研討所(Lowy Institute)的研討，澳大利亞還是南寧靖洋地域的最大外助供給國，但中國正在澳大利亞視為後院的地域挑釁澳大利亞的影響力。
2006年至2013年間，澳大利亞向南寧靖洋地域供給了68億美元雙邊支援，美國供給了17億美元，中國供給了14億美元。但北京方面如今是斐濟最大的外洋支撐者，在上述時代向這個島國供給了3.392億美元，多於澳大利亞供給的2.522億美元。
在與中國樹立了交際幹系的8個南寧靖洋國度，中國的贈款和貸款正在贊助制作公路、黌舍和其他基本舉措措施。中國企業正在踴躍支撐巴布亞新幾內亞耗資16億美元的Ramu鎳礦。
“在某些特定的寧靖洋國度，中國供給的支援金額正在比肩澳大利亞和其他傳統互助火伴，”洛伊研討所研討員、申報作者菲莉帕•布蘭特(Philippa Brant)表現。
“對寧靖洋國度的支援之以是沒有削減，緣故原由之一多是，面臨中國和其他新興支援國觸角越伸越長的情形，(澳大利亞願望這麽做能)協助保住澳大利亞作為頭號支援國的位置。”
中國其實不頒布確實的支援項目清單，將其視為國度秘密。洛伊研討所參考了500個信息起源，包含預算、招標文件、當局聲明和采訪。
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