News Analysis Chinatown and a police station in the Solomon Islands’ capital city of Honiara were partially burned down during protests that started on Nov. 24. Many locals are unhappy with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s 2019 turn away from Taiwan and toward Beijing (known locally as “The Switch”), not to mention poverty, preferences given to…
China’s Influence in Solomon Islands Causes Riot
December 3, 2021
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