The Cook Islands may be small but the ambitions of its leader are mighty. A range of deals Prime Minister Mark Brown signed ...

The agreement is being denounced as a threat to New Zealand and used to justify its ongoing integration into US-led plans for ...

The Cook Islands prime minister says he is aware of the strong interest in the outcomes of his visit to China.

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown survived on Wednesday a vote of no confidence in parliament brought by the opposition over deals he struck with China that strained relations with New Zealand.

In a vote on Wednesday afternoon (Tuesday, Cook Islands time), the man who has been at the centre to controversy in the past ...

"The Cook Islands is small, and when you sign deals with economic giants like China, you have to question the long-term consequences." ...

The Cook Islands needs trade and investment. Its economy depends on tourism, and, having graduated to “high-income” status in 2020, it is no longer eligible for aid. As Mr Brown sees it, China is part ...

New Zealand is facing its own ‘Solomon Islands moment’ over a shock deal between China and the Cook Islands that clears the ...

China seeks to increase "political trust" and belt and road cooperation with the Cook Islands, Premier Li Qiang told his visiting counterpart Mark Brown as they met on Friday. Multiple cooperation ...

Cook Islands’ shift towards China however has stirred political tensions in the country. Recently, protests broke out in ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown signed it during a visit to Beijing this month. It also gives few details on the partnership such as promised funding from China. Mihai Sora, director of the ...

From left to right, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Mark Brown, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of the Cook Islands Tukaka Ama, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and Chinese ...