Editing Foreign relations of China (section)

=====Vanuatu=====
{{main|China–Vanuatu relations}}

In 2006, Vanuatu signed an economic cooperation agreement with China, whereby the latter was to assist Vanuatu's economic development, and remove tariffs on imports from Vanuatu. China also added Vanuatu to its list of approved tourism destinations for Chinese tourists. Ni-Vanuatu trade minister James Bule said his country had also requested China's assistance "in supplying machines so we can establish a plant in Vanuatu to produce bio fuel".<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120210143746/http://vanuatudaily.com/news/currentweek.php?misc=search&subaction=showfull&id=1144793205&archive=&cnshow=news&ucat=1&start_from=& "Vanuatu looks to China for markets"]}}, ''Vanuatu Daily'', 11 April 2006</ref> By contrast, Opposition leader Serge Vohor has said China is exerting too much influence on the ni-Vanuatu government's policy.<ref name="vanuatudaily.com">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120210143743/http://vanuatudaily.com/news/currentweek.php?misc=search&subaction=showfull&id=1142202701&archive=&cnshow=news&ucat=1&start_from=& "Chinese influence corrupting government: opposition leader"]}}, ''Vanuatu Daily'', 12 March 2006</ref>

In May 2009, Vanuatu appointed its first ever ambassador to China, former Minister of Finance [[Willie Jimmy]].<ref>[http://www.dailypost.vu/index.php?news=4668 "Minister confirms appointment"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623114911/http://www.dailypost.vu/index.php?news=4668 |date=23 June 2013 }}, ''[[Vanuatu Daily Post]]'', 22 May 2009</ref> Jimmy "call[ed] [...] for China to have a foot firmly planted in the Pacific through [[Port Vila]]", which -the ''[[Vanuatu Daily Post]]'' remarked- "no doubt caused ruffled feathers among other foreign diplomatic partners".<ref>[http://www.dailypost.vu/index.php?news=4834 "Chinese Club donate Vt1.4m supplies to landslide victims"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623135002/http://www.dailypost.vu/index.php?news=4834 |date=23 June 2013 }}, ''Vanuatu Daily Post'', 23 June 2009</ref>

In July 2010, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Shuping announced that China would fund a number of projects in Vanuatu, "including the National Convention Centre and the expansion of Prime Minister's Offices", as well as "the design and reconstruction of the Francophone Wing of the [[University of the South Pacific]] Emalus Campus".<ref>[http://www.dailypost.vu/ArticleArchives/tabid/56/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6722/categoryId/3/China-commits-to-fund-Vanuatu-projects.aspx "China commits to fund Vanuatu projects"]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Vanuatu Daily Post'', 23 July 2010</ref>