China Hoped Fiji Would be a Template for the Pacific. Its Plan Backfired

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SUVA, Fiji — When four Chinese detectives breezed into police headquarters here in the middle of 2017, it quickly became apparent they weren’t in Fiji’s capital merely to help with an inquiry.

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