Australia has been told to be bolder about calling out corruption and malign foreign interference in the Pacific to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) increasing influence.
The expanding security relationship between Beijing and the Solomon Islands has raised concerns in Canberra, which wants the issue to be primarily dealt with by Pacific nations.
The co-lead of the U.S.-based Hoover Institution’s China Global Sharp Power Project says Western nations need to work together to sharpen intelligence gathering.
Larry Diamond says the CCP’s actions have “sobering implications for freedom and transparency” and nations like Australia need to publicly call out corruption when intelligence allows it to do so….