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TexasTowelie

(112,434 posts) Wed Apr 17, 2024, 11:27 PM Apr 17

China's influence weighs on Solomon Islands election - CNA

Solomon Islanders voted in a national election on Wednesday (Apr 17), the first since Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare switched diplomatic relations from Taiwan to Beijing soon after assuming the role in 2019. Dr Terence Wood, research fellow at the Australian National University's Development Policy Centre, weighs in on the possibility of Mr. Sogavare securing another term.

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China's influence weighs on Solomon Islands election - CNA (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 17 OP

The Solomons Islands recently refused to allow a US flagged cutter to dock, thnks to the influence of their "friends". ArkansasDemocrat1 Apr 17 #1

ArkansasDemocrat1

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1. The Solomons Islands recently refused to allow a US flagged cutter to dock, thnks to the influence of their "friends".

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Wed Apr 17, 2024, 11:39 PM

Apr 17

[link:https://www.navytimes.com/news/2022/08/26/report-us-coast-guard-ship-denied-port-call-in-solomons/|

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