SYDNEY: The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has issued rare criticism of China over last month's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile , saying the Pacific is not "isolated pockets of ocean" and it "does not welcome" Beijing's action. Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbour of Hawaii with a vast Exclusive Economic Zone of 3.6 million square km has developed close ties to Beijing in recent years including hosting Chinese police. China conducted a rare launch of an ICBM with a dummy war