Beijing seems poised to upgrade its economic relationship with Fiji to a political and military one, writes Trevor Loudon.Fiji’s “interim” prime minister Commodore Voreque “Frank” Bainimarama has once again played the China card.Chinese firm Sinohydro has signed a F$230 million contract with the Fiji Electricity Authority to build an hydro-electric dam at Nadarivatu. The project, to be completed by 2011, will produce 41.7 megawatts of power, or about 90 per cent of Fiji’s electricity needs….
