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Chinese official in Solomon Islands amid security deal

Kyodo News
Posted at May 26 04:20 PM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in the Solomon Islands on Thursday, at a time when concerns are mounting over China's increasing military clout in the region. Read more »

China offers South Pacific nations security, free trade agreements

Andrew Beatty in Sydney, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 26 06:02 AM

China has put forward plans to dramatically expand security and economic cooperation with South Pacific nations, with one regional leader calling it a thinly veiled effort to lock them into "Beijing's orbit." Read more »

China, Australia launch dueling South Pacific charm offensives

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 10:23 PM

The diplomatic tours came, as China seeks to deepen its foothold in the region, which has traditionally looked to the US and its allies for security. Read more »

Solomons PM: Nothing sinister with China maritime deal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 10:10 AM

The Solomon Islands' prime minister dismissed criticism of a new maritime investment deal with China, saying there was nothing "sinister" in the agreement. Read more »

Chinese troops in Solomons 'likely': Australian minister

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 10:15 AM

China is "very likely" to put troops in the Solomon Islands after signing a contentious security deal with the Pacific nation, Australia's home affairs minister said. Read more »

Australia accuses China of paying bribes to win deals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 25 08:30 AM

Australia's defense minister on Sunday accused China of paying bribes for international deals but refused to say whether corruption played a role in Beijing's newly signed defense pact with the Solomon Islands. Read more »

US to ‘respond’ if China puts base on Solomon Islands

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 23 07:42 AM

A US delegation had told the Solomon Islands leadership that a pact with China has ‘potential regional security implications’ for Washington. Read more »

China says it has signed security pact with Solomon Islands

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 19 07:43 PM

China confirms it has sealed a security pact with the Solomon Islands. Read more »

US diplomats head to Solomon Islands amid China worries

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 10:39 AM

The stop at the Solomon Islands will be particularly closely watched amid worries in the US and close ally Australia. Read more »

Micronesia urges Solomons Islands not to sign China security pact

Kirsty Needham, Reuters
Posted at Mar 31 12:53 PM

The leader of the Federated States of Micronesia urged the Solomon Islands not to sign a security pact with China, saying he had grave security concerns. Read more »

Australia's vaccine diplomacy in Pacific islands wards off Beijing - PM Morrison

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 14 07:26 AM

Australia has been able to stop an "incursion" by Beijing into the Pacific islands by talking with leaders there weekly and offering vaccine aid, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday. Read more »

COVID lockdowns hit Pacific islands

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 04:47 PM

Lockdowns in Samoa and the Solomon Islands were extended Tuesday as Covid-19 outbreaks worsened in remote Pacific island nations that have previously held the pandemic at bay. Read more »

Solomon Islands lifts curfew as unrest subsides

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 10 06:20 PM

The Solomon Islands abruptly lifted a two-week-old curfew on the capital of Honiara Friday, as political tensions eased in the Pacific nation Read more »

Fiji sends troops to Solomon Islands

Mavis Podokolo, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 04:53 PM

Fiji joined an international peacekeeping force keeping a lid on simmering tensions in the riot-hit Solomon Islands on Monday. Read more »

Three killed in Solomon Islands unrest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 27 09:21 AM

The bodies of three people have been discovered in a burnt-out building in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara, police said Saturday. Read more »

China 'condemns violence' in Solomon Islands

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 26 07:46 PM

The struggle for influence between China and Taiwan in the Pacific has long been fought out on the islands, which have a small Chinese community. Read more »

Rioters rampage in Solomons capital for third day

Ofani Eremae and Mavis Podokolo, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 26 03:54 PM

Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse rioters attacking the home of the Solomon Islands prime minister on Friday, in a third day of political violence that prompted the snap deployment of international peacekeepers. Read more »

Australia to deploy police, military to Solomon Islands

Byron Kaye and Colin Packham, Reuters
Posted at Nov 25 04:16 PM

The deployment of Australian personnel comes amid reports and images shared on social media showing crowds of protesters and burning buildings in the Chinatown district of Honiara. Read more »

Solomon Islands prepares to ban Facebook after gov't criticism on platform

Jonathan Barrett, Reuters
Posted at Nov 17 11:00 PM

SYDNEY - The Solomon Islands is planning to ban the use of Facebook for an indeterminate period after inflammatory critique of the government was aired on the social media platform, the Solomon Times reported.   Read more »

Solomon Islands’ first COVID-19 case is repatriated citizen from PH, says PM

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 06:54 PM

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said the patient, who was asymptomatic, tested negative in Manila before he boarded the flight.   Read more »