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, welcomed a sprawling embassy built by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2020
While the communist regime is expanding in the Solomon Islands in the name of infrastructure and economic development, democratic countries like Australia and the United States are also moving to expand their clout in the South Pacific region….