News Analysis
The Solomon Islands, a strategic Pacific nation, is slipping deeper into communist China’s orbit.
On Aug. 29, the government of the Solomon Islands notified U.S. officials that they had suspended visits by U.S. and other foreign military vessels. The news came after both a U.S. Coast Guard ship and a British Royal Naval ship were denied approval to dock at the Solomon Islands.
These latest developments are fanning fears that the Pacific Island nation is turning away from the United States and moving closer to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
On April 20, just days before a U.S. delegation was scheduled to arrive in the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare announced that the country had signed a security agreement with China. The pact was condemned by local opposition leader Matthew Wale, who said that the agreement was not in the country’s best interests and threatened national unity….