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Can rugby league keep China out of the pacific?
China is pushing harder for influence across the Pacific. Australia is responding with defence agreements, new security partnerships and rugby league.
As Pacific leaders gathered in Brisbane for State of Origin, Canberra was expanding its regional diplomacy through sport, including the multi-million-dollar PNG Chiefs NRL deal. At the same time, China's rare intercontinental ballistic missile test sent a fresh signal about the changing security environment facing Pacific nations.
So can footy really shape geopolitics?
Hamish Macdonald speaks with ABC Pacific's Sam Wykes about rugby league's…
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