Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying ...
Chinese ambassador to Canada, Cong Peiwu, who has served since 2019, has left his post and returned to China, a source ...
In its latest move to counter China’s push into the Pacific, the United States has reopened an embassy in the Solomon Islands ...
As a result, the vote could be seen as "a referendum" on incumbent leader Manasseh Sogavare's embrace of China, says ...
That is because this far-flung part of the southern Pacific plays a crucial role in the jostling between China and the US - ...
China’s growing hold over Pacific nation Solomon Islands is “alarming”, a powerful opposition figurehead said on Monday ahead of elections that could further entrench Beijing’s foothold in ...
The security deal with Beijing agreed by PM Manasseh Sogavare is under the spotlight ahead of the 17 April vote China’s influence in the Pacific is being scrutinised as ally Solomon Islands ...
The security deal with Beijing agreed by PM Manasseh Sogavare is under the spotlight ahead of the 17 April vote China’s influence in the Pacific is being scrutinised as ally Solomon Islands ...
HONAIRA, Solomon Islands: Solomon Islanders will head to the polls this week, voting in an election that promises to bolster or blunt China's regional ambitions, with security consequences that will ...
China's growing hold over Pacific nation Solomon Islands is "alarming," a powerful opposition figurehead told AFP Monday ahead of elections that could further entrench Beijing's foothold in the ...
The archipelago, one of the world’s least-developed countries, is the unlikely focal point of a diplomatic scramble pitting a rising China against Western rivals In 2022, the Solomon Islands ...
Representative image (AFP) Solomon Islands has veered into China's orbit under Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, who inked a secret security pact with Beijing in 2022. Sogavare has vowed to deepen ...