This is CBS by In The World. I'm John Bachelors.

Papua New Guinea, well in the news these last half century, but there is a story behind

Papua New Guinea and the violence of the late 20th century. Between Papua New Guinea,

PNG, it's called by those who are familiar with this part of the world, the Pacific Ocean,

about five, six degrees south. Part of Papua New Guinea's conflict in the late 20th century

was with Buchenville, Buchenville Island and Buchen Island. Now many decades later, Buchenville

is an autonomous region, autonomous region of Buchenville. It is resource rich, its people

are fiercely independent, having fought a civil war with Papua New Guinea. It is also

the centerpiece of discovery about how the people's Republic of China is moving through all

of Oceania, including Buchenville, to lay claim not only to infrastructure, but also to governments.

I welcome John Cunes. He is in Buchenville in Aroa, the large city on the eastern side of the island.

He is a principle of Numa Numa resources. He's also a fellow novelist, call me Ishmael,

he published last year. It is reckless for a mature man to publish a novel I congratulate him,

but we're keen on discussing Buchenville and how he got to this place. John, a very good day to you

on the other side of the world in a reality that I've never experienced, although I've read my

Joseph Conrad that qualifies somewhat. I can pretend I'm having a conversation with Lord Jim

before he goes off to his fate. Okay. Now, Buchenville has passed between colonial powers for several

hundred years. The French, that's where it got its name, a man who was once an assistant military

man, Buchenville, but he sailed the world in the early, in the 18th century. He discovered Buchenville

and it passed from the French to the Germans to the Australians. I don't think the Americans

ever showed up, but right now it's independent. The people of Buchenville, can you characterize them,

John? What they're thinking is about their own history being passed around by foreign powers

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