The Pacific's Uneasy Peace: China's Missile Test Exposes Deepening Divisions The July ballistic missile test by China into the Pacific has sent shockwaves across the region, exposing the limits of Pacific leaders' ambitions to create a peaceful zone free from major power rivalry.
The test came just hours after Fiji and Australia signed a significant defense treaty, highlighting the increasingly complicated pursuit of peace and stability in the Pacific.
Pacific Island nations have been unable to agree on a collective condemnation of China's missile test, despite individual leaders expressing alarm about militarization.