The Latest Breaking News from Solomon Islands

China’s presence in the Pacific has taken new forms. What was once purely economic, is now much deeper.

Solomon Islands has been shut off from the world for more than two years. It was thrust into the global spotlight during that time when it signed a security pact with China. Now it has opened up again, what do the people of Solomon Islands think?

Internal emails reveal United States officials described the signing of a security pact between China and Solomon Islands as "very troubling".

Internal emails show US aid agency officials’ concerns over contentious security agreement.

The signing of a security agreement between Solomon Islands and China in April 2022 brought geopolitical competition and militarisation in the Pacific to the fore of public discussion.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong was no doubt expecting a cooler reception than her three previous visits to the Pacific when she touched down in Honiara last Friday. The Solomon Islands government website had not even listed the Australian minister’s visit – but it did note the first visit of a…

Australia welcomed reassurances from the Solomon Islands that it would not allow China to install a military base on its territory, helping to assuage concerns about Beijing’s growing influence in the Pacific region.

The island states of the Pacific – from large Papua New Guinea to the smaller island state of Tuvalu – find themselves in a newly influential position as the west and China battle for their strategic backing.

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