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New Zealand raises ‘concern’ as Cook Islands prepares to sign China deal (www.theguardian.com)
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Looking at this map, it does seem that Cook Islands could provide China a strategic corridor in the midst of French and American waters.

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Exclusive_Economic_Zones_of_the_Pacific_Ocean.png