Daniel Suidani, the former premier of the Malaita province in the Solomon Islands and a known critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), allegedly got a visa on April 4 to travel to the United States after bipartisan congressional support poured in for his cause. The development happened almost two months after Suidani was ousted…

The Solomon Islands government has handed a multi-million-dollar contract for a port upgrade to China’s largest construction company. The state-owned China Civil Engineering Construction Company was the only company to bid for the project, according to government sources. “This will be upgrading the old international port in Honiara and two domestic wharves in the provinces,”…

Japan’s foreign minister met with the Solomon Islands leader on Sunday and brought up about a controversial security pact that Beijing and the Pacific Island nation entered into last year, according to Japan’s government. During his visit to Honiara, foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare that Japan has been “closely…

The last pockets of resistance against Beijing’s encroaching influence in a small Pacific nation are being steadily wiped out by the compliant national government. Former provincial leader Daniel Suidani, who was ousted from office in a contentious no-confidence vote in early February, is being forced to explain why he is not a foreign agent or…

U.S. and Australian efforts to out-compete Beijing in winning over the Solomon Islands look to be on the ropes after the most-populous Malaita Province pledged to axe the Auki Communique, a bulwark against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interference in the region. New Premier Martin Fini is considering removing the document after his government wrested power from former…

Chinese defector Chen Yonglin has revealed that during two international incidents, Beijing was able to steal U.S. technology that led to major breakthroughs in its military development. “One is the year [of] the U.S.-led NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia,” he told a panel following the screening of The Epoch Times’ investigative film, The Final…

The pro-Beijing Solomons national government has finally got its man. Daniel Suidani, the premier of the most populous Malaita Province, has, for years, been a political hurdle standing in the way of closer ties with the Chinese Communist Party. On Feb. 7, Suidani faced another no-confidence vote against his leadership, and this time, the dissenters…

Following the U.S. decision to open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, Australia is speeding up the construction of a logistics centre and other projects to compete with Beijing for influence in the key strategic South Pacific nation. After cutting its 36-year-old diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 2019, Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands,…

Canberra will build a maritime base for the Solomon Islands’ military to dock patrol ships it donated as part of Australia’s $60 million infrastructure investment plan. The Department of Defence has signed a contract with private construction firm Reeves Icon and Hall for the establishment of two major infrastructure facilities in the Pacific island country….

Canberra will build a maritime base for the Solomon Islands’ military to dock patrol ships it donated as part of Australia’s $60 million infrastructure investment plan. The Department of Defence has signed a contract with private construction firm Reeves Icon and Hall for the establishment of two major infrastructure facilities in the Pacific island country….