PORT MORESBY: Asian Pacific leaders fly into the unlikely venue of Port Moresby today for a summit that is developing into a tug-of-war for regional influence between an assertive China and an increasingly withdrawn United States.

Donald Trump is skipping the two-day Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting, sending Vice President Mike Pence in his place, who will be leaving after one day and staying in Australia rather than the dusty and notoriously crime-ridden Papua New Guinea capital.

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