Tonga Prime Minister asks China to write off Pacific islands´ debt
(WorldNews France)

Tonga Prime Minister Akalisi Pohiva has called on China to write off the debts owed by Pacific island countries, warning that repayments impose a huge burden on the impoverished nations. Chinese aid in the Pacific has ballooned in recent years with much of the funds coming in the form of loans from Beijing’s state-run Exim Bank. Tonga has run-up enormous debts to China, estimated at more than US$100 million by Australia’s Lowy Institute think tank, and Pohiva said his country would......