Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has ordered the national broadcaster of the Solomon Islands to cease broadcasting content critical of his government. The move crystallises ongoing warnings that corrupt Pacific leaders will—with the backing of Beijing—steadily erode their country’s democratic institutions in a bid to stay in power. According to the Island Sun newspaper, the acting…
Solomons PM Forces National Broadcaster to Censor Content That ‘Creates Disunity’
August 1, 2022
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Beijing Looking to Buy Deep Water Port, WWII Airstrip in Solomon Islands
July 31, 2022
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A Chinese state-owned firm is investigating the purchase of a deep water port and a World War II-era airstrip and marine base in the Solomon Islands, according to new documents obtained by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The China Forestry Group Corporation, undethe r direct control of Beijing, is scoping out acquisition targets, including a forestry…
Solomons PM Hopes for Permanent Police Arrangement With Beijing to Deal With ‘Internal Threats’
July 6, 2022
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is hoping to establish a permanent security arrangement with Beijing to deal with “internal threats.” The prime minister made the comments after a five-month training arrangement wrapped up between the China Police Liaison Team, and the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force and Correctional Services of Solomon Islands. Speaking on…
Australian Foreign Minister to Visit Solomons Amid Concerns of Beijing Security Deal
June 15, 2022
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Australia’s Labor Foreign Minister Penny Wong will visit the Solomon Islands in the coming days amid increasingly strained ties with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare over a contentious security deal with Beijing. This will be the third trip to the Pacific region by Wong who will also visit New Zealand, following earlier visits to Fiji, as…
Beijing Eyes New Ports, Fishing Facilities in the Solomon Islands, Leaked Documents Reveal
May 9, 2022
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Beijing’s Ministry of Commerce has promised to open the door for new wharves, shipbuilding, fishing facilities, and clean energy development in the Solomon Islands, according to a recent leak, hinting at the possibility that a contentious security deal could open the door for the militarization of the region. The latest revelations come after an earlier…
Beijing to Help Expand Solomons Biggest Hospital Amid Influence Battle in South Pacific
May 4, 2022
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In a sign of strong ongoing ties between Beijing and the Solomon Islands governments, officials from both countries have signed-off on the construction of a new medical centre at the National Referral Hospital in the capital Honiara. The hospital is the largest in the Pacific nation with 300 beds and 50 doctors with the new…
US to Do More in the Pacific Amid Concerns Over Beijing-Solomons Security Deal
May 2, 2022
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The Biden administration plans to invite leaders from the Pacific Island nations to the White House in an effort to shore up diplomatic ties in the South Pacific following the signing of a contentious security deal between Beijing and the Solomon Islands. Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell told attendees of the U.S.-New Zealand Business Summit on…
Solomons Playing US and China Off Against Each Other: Diplomacy Expert
May 2, 2022
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The contentious security deal between the Solomon Islands and Beijing is a sign the Pacific nation is exploiting “Great Power” competition between China and democratic allies in the region, according to a diplomacy expert. Joseph Siracusa, adjunct professor of international diplomacy at Curtin University, said smaller nations would play “small power politics” when wedged between…
Reaction to Beijing Security Deal ‘Hysterical’ Suggests Solomons Prime Minister
April 29, 2022
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Embattled Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has sought to justify a contentious security deal with Beijing, saying his government did not react “hysterically” to the AUKUS deal when it was announced. Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has faced scrutiny and pressure over a security pact with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that could lead…
US to Bolster Security Ties With PNG Amid Concerns Over Beijing-Solomons Security Deal
April 26, 2022
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The United States will be looking to increase security ties with Pacific nation Papua New Guinea (PNG)—Australia’s northern neighbour—amid the fallout of a freshly minted agreement between Beijing and the Solomon Islands that could see Chinese troops and weapons stationed in the region. Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state of East Asian and Pacific…
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