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US says Fiji-based Chinese official paid bribes for Beijing

The United States accused on Thursday a Fijian man working for a Chinese state agency of allegedly paying bribes to advance Beijing’s interests in the Pacific nation. A general view shows the Yue Lai Hotel, owned by local businessman Zhao Fugang, in Suva on October 8, 2026. Photo: AFP. Zhao Fugang — Director of the Overseas Chinese Service Centre in Fiji’s capital of Suva — engaged in “significant corruption” on behalf of actors in China,…

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