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![Documentary Paints Bleak Picture of Pacific Islands Rugby Documentary Paints Bleak Picture of Pacific Islands Rugby](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-20-2.jpg)
Documentary Paints Bleak Picture of Pacific Islands Rugby
By Associated Press
The film claims likens the treatment of professional Pacific Island rugby players to a new form of colonialism.
![China, Australia, and the Soft Power of Rugby in the South Pacific China, Australia, and the Soft Power of Rugby in the South Pacific](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-02-21-8.jpg)
China, Australia, and the Soft Power of Rugby in the South Pacific
By Thomas Wilkinson
Samoa will host a rugby tournament, thanks to Chinese funding. But Australia sees the sport as its own soft power advantage.
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