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PNG would welcome more US investment

ABC NEWS Papua New Guinea would welcome more investment from the US as the superpower continues its battle for supremacy with China, according to Bougainville president John Momis. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has issued a warning that PNG is one part of the Pacific where the US is engaged in a strategic competition with China over resources and leadership. Ms Clinton was blunt about US strategic intentions when she went before the foreign relations committee last week. She says China is "wining and dining" politicians from across the Pacific. "Let's put aside the moral, humanitarian, do-good side of what we believe in and let's just talk straight, real politique," she said. "We are in a competition with China. Take Papua New Guinea - huge energy find. "Exxon Mobil is producing it. China is in there every day in every way trying to figure out how it's going to come in behind us, come in under us. They're supporting the dictatorial

PNG would welcome more US investment

ABC NEWS Papua New Guinea would welcome more investment from the US as the superpower continues its battle for supremacy with China, according to Bougainville president John Momis. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has issued a warning that PNG is one part of the Pacific where the US is engaged in a strategic competition with China over resources and leadership. Ms Clinton was blunt about US strategic intentions when she went before the foreign relations committee last week. She says China is "wining and dining" politicians from across the Pacific. "Let's put aside the moral, humanitarian, do-good side of what we believe in and let's just talk straight, real politique," she said. "We are in a competition with China. Take Papua New Guinea - huge energy find. "Exxon Mobil is producing it. China is in there every day in every way trying to figure out how it's going to come in behind us, come in under us. They're supporting the dicta