Papua New Guinea was 'blessed' with a visit by China just a day ago. Anthony Albanese is hot on their tail

It's becoming a fairly regular pattern now in Papua New Guinea that foreign leaders appear to visit within a short window of time from one another. China's top diplomat Wang Yi takes a swipe at the geo-political jostling for influence in the Pacific, saying Pacific Island countries aren't "the backyard of any major country". And in a not-so-veiled swipe at language used by former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison, Mr Wang said Pacific Islands weren't the "backyard of any major country." As PNG looks ahead, Australia reminds of the past While the long-running Pacific diplomacy of Papua New Guinea has been an attitude of "friends to all, enemies to none", it appears PNG is marking clear lines as to what it's seeking from those friends. While Albanese walks the Kokoda Track, China's foreign minister could be in PNG for other reasons Photo shows An Australian man wearing a blue pacific themed shirt with a Papua New Guinean man in suit shaking hands Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will mark Anzac Day on the Kokoda Track, a few months after Australia and Papua New Guinea signed a sweeping security agreement.