Source: China – South China Morning PostIn an Australia increasingly wary of China’s influence in its backyard, claims a Chinese state-run firm was angling to purchase the South Pacific’s No. 1 phone carrier set off immediate alarm bells.In Australian media, unnamed government sources expressed fears that China Mobile’s purchase of Digicel’s Pacific network would give Beijing free rein to spy on Pacific neighbours such as Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.Chinese ownership of the telecommunications…Read More