China's Chequebook Diplomacy Runs Deep In The Pacific -- The TelegraphThe opening of a Chinese embassy in the Maldives in the Indian Ocean fits into a long-established pattern by Beijing of pursuing better relations with small island nations in the Pacific Ocean in a bid to win support at the United Nations vis a vis Taiwan, and as a bulwark against American influence.
Several Pacific island states have received significant amounts of development aid from China or Taiwan, which Beijing regards as a renegade republic.
China and Taiwan continue to engage in what has often been called "chequebook diplomacy" with Pacific island nations, usually in the form of developmental aid or, in China's case, providing assistance for large government complexes, stadia or infrastructure projects.
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