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Seems pretty far for China to care about. Pitcairn Island is roughly the same great circle distance from Beijing as it is from London.

What makes you think it's looking at London?

Pitcairn Islands is half way to the Americas, and right in the thick of a bunch of U.S. territories.

What are the US territories it's in the thick of? Closest territories are French Polynesia and Rapa nui, a Chilean territory.

Would you say the same about Solomon Islands?