At APEC, China, others woo Pacific with a boulevard, a Bible and a barbecue

The final function on Sunday in the capital Port Moresby followed a whirlwind of diplomacy for the leaders of the sparsely populated but strategically important Pacific. While they have been feted by both East and West in the build up to APEC, key issues affecting them - climate change and development - were largely sidelined at the summit by a war of words between the superpowers on trade policy. With both giants unyielding, APEC leaders failed to agree on a communique for the first time in the forum's history.

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