Chinese reactions to anti-Asian riots in the Pacific

Chinese activity in the Pacific has received intense attention in recent years. Given that China comes first in the China in the Pacific mantra, it is odd that the missing part of the equation in analysis from Pacific Studies is not the Pacific, but China. When China does appear in the literature, analysis is rarely nuanced or informed by original sources. This is evidenced by the titles of many articles, where China appears as an anthropomorphised clumsy panda or as the dragon in the Pacific, lurking in the background, secretively disbursing aid, corrupting weak and passive Pacific governments, and engaging in an endless cloak-and-dagger game for diplomatic recognition with its arch nemesis, Taiwan.