Asia in the Pacific - replacing the West

A spectacular transition is happening in the Pacific Islands. While the original Pacific people came from Asia, for most of the past century and earlier, nearly all Pacific Islands nations were colonies of Western powers. But in the last fifty years, Asia has begun to play a bigger and bigger role in all aspects of Islands life -migration, trade and investments, aid and development, politics, strategic relations, crime, education and employment, information and media, religion, culture and sports. Asia is replacing the West. The process is irreversible. Book