THE WORLD, CONNECTED
DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP · 2026

Tonga → China

This score represents Tonga's relationship toward China. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.

TON → CHN+12Cooperative68% evidence confidenceDocumented bilateral evidence
CHN → TON+12CooperativeSymmetric current scores
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL

Current component scores

Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.

Security0

No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.

Why this score?

The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.

Coverage gap: The reviewed official record does not establish a frozen mutual-defence or exceptional-security rule.

Diplomacy+20

1 documented factor produce the +20 diplomacy assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +20Regional relationship elevated to a comprehensive strategic partnership
    Active event · 2018

    The official regional record documents the 2018 partnership upgrade without treating it as a military alliance.

Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish an additional baseline diplomatic institution meeting a frozen threshold.

Economic+15

1 documented factor produce the +15 economic assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +15Regional relationship elevated to a comprehensive strategic partnership
    Active event · 2018

    The official regional record documents the 2018 partnership upgrade without treating it as a military alliance.

Coverage gap: 2015 reporter trade was below the frozen threshold or unavailable, and no qualifying bilateral economic institution was evidenced.

Alignment+35

3 documented factors produce the +35 alignment assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +10Sustained multilateral cooperation
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The reviewed official record supports the frozen sustained multilateral cooperation criterion for China and Tonga in 2015.

  2. +15United Nations voting alignment
    Baseline rule · 2015

    A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.

  3. +10Regional relationship elevated to a comprehensive strategic partnership
    Active event · 2018

    The official regional record documents the 2018 partnership upgrade without treating it as a military alliance.

Disputes0

No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.

Why this score?

The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.

Coverage gap: The review does not activate an additional frozen territorial, coercion or settled-order rule.

Societal0

No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.

Why this score?

The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.

Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish national-scale people-to-people exchange meeting the frozen societal threshold.

CHANGE SINCE 2015

+4 in 2015 → +12 in 2026

The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.

ACTIVE EVIDENCE

Events affecting the current score

+8

Regional relationship elevated to a comprehensive strategic partnership

The official regional record documents the 2018 partnership upgrade without treating it as a military alliance.

Interpret with care

This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.

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