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Thank you my my friend MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. for posting the perspective from yahoo.com author Damien Cave [credit to the New Yorks Times] making us aware than mainland communist China has signed a pact with the Solomon Islands [WWII Japanese stronghold we first engaged at Guadalcanal, Tulaghi island, New Britain and New Georgia]

Australia signed a security agreement with the Solomon Island in 2017 and supported the Solomon's with peacekeepers after recent riots.

It is noteworthy to me as a keen student of the 20th century military history that China may well be trying to do what the Japanese failed to do in controlling the southern Pacific island chains, South China Sea, and other areas to choke off Taiwan and bring Japan and South Korea to a point of negotiating under pressure if their supply lines are interdicted or threatened by China.

https://rumble.com/vq3bfb-chinas-long-term-plan-to-grind-down-us-presence-in-asia-the-solomon-islands.html

Images:
1. Map of the Solomon Islands
2. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare of the Solomon Islands with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping in October 2019
3. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare of the Solomon Islands reviewing Chinese Troops in October 2019
4. Australian troops and police deployed to Solomon Islands amid general unrest and Chinatown blaze
5. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare (3rd L) speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on October 9, 2019.

China's Long Term Plan to Grind Down US Presence in Asia: The Solomon Islands


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Background from {[healthymichigannow.com/solomon-islands-confirms-draft-security-agreement-with-china/]}
by Fred March 25, 2022
Australia and New Zealand on Friday expressed concern about the regional security impact of military cooperation between China and the Solomon Islands after a draft document outlining the proposed cooperation was leaked.
The security treaty, if concluded, would be a major breakthrough for China in a region that US allies Australia and New Zealand have considered their “backyard” for decades.
In its initial comments on the matter, the Solomon Islands government confirmed that it was “diversifying the country’s security partnership, including with China”, and that it would sign a number of agreements with Beijing “to create further a safe and secure environment for locals and foreigners alike. investments. »
“Expanding partnerships are necessary to improve the quality of life of our people and address the soft and hard security threats facing the country,” the government said in a statement.
The proposed security agreements with China would cover humanitarian needs in addition to maintaining the rule of law, he added.
The nation needed to rebuild its economy after recent riots and would sign an air services agreement with China and increase trade.
A security agreement with Australia, signed in 2017, would be preserved as the Solomon Islands deepened its relationship with China, he said.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he had not spoken to his Solomon Islands counterpart in the 24 hours since news of the Pacific island’s security talks with China became public.
Australia and New Zealand were part of the “Pacific family” and talks were underway with Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, Morrison told reporters earlier on Friday.
“There are others who may seek to feign influence and may seek to gain a foothold in the area, and we are very aware of that.”
The Solomon Islands has signed a police agreement with China and will send a proposed broader security agreement covering the military to its cabinet for consideration, a Solomon Islands official told Reuters on Thursday.
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told ABC Radio the proposed pact was “one of the most significant security developments we’ve seen in decades and it’s a development contrary to the national security interests of the nation.” ‘Australia”.
The Pacific island nation of less than a million people, 1,240 miles northeast of Australia, shifted diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to Beijing in 2019, signaling China’s growing influence in the world. Peaceful.
New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said in a statement that Pacific partners should be transparent in their actions.
“Such agreements will always be the right of any sovereign country to enter into, but developments in this purported agreement could destabilize the current institutions and arrangements that have long underpinned the security of the Pacific region,” she said. declared.
The United States announced last month that it would open a US embassy in Honiara, fearing that China was seeking to establish military relations there.'

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If true, WOW!!! Many times, smaller countries will follow countries they are afraid of or feel they must be protected by (suck up to). One year of President Biden's "Lead from Behind" philosophy, along with him deserting Afghanistan, and it appears smaller countries are running to our enamines for protection. They don't trust us under the Leadership of our Progressive Marxist Democrats. Even after we get a responsible president in place, they will be warry because the next Progressive Marxist can do the exact same thing President Biden is doing, or not doing, as the case may be.