Chinese police are working in Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbor of Hawaii, with uniformed officers involved in community policing and a crime database program.
Kiribati has not publicly announced the policing deal with China.
Kiribati, a nation of 115,000 residents, is considered strategic despite being small, as it is relatively close to Hawaii and controls one of the biggest exclusive economic zones in the world, covering more than 3.5 million sq km of the Pacific. It hosts a satellite tracking station.
https://reuters.com/world/china/chinese-police-work-kiribati-hawaiis-pacific-neighbour-2024-02-23/…