INFLUENCE Issues Prior to the election commission’s report, local governor Martin Fini, who oversaw the island’s swift growth of Chinese interests, had lost his reelection bid. As Beijing’s control spread from the rest of the sprawling island to Australia’s north, Malaita, a province that had for years, refused to acceptContinue Reading
HONIARA: A prominent Solomon Islands critic of China, the ousted former governor of Malaita province Daniel Suidani, has been reelected, local media reported on Friday ( Apr 19 ), as counting continues in an election being closely watched by China, the US and Australia. The Solomon Islands ‘ initial resultsContinue Reading
The process of hand counting the report votes just gets started after a long day of laborious voting. When the legislature’s 50 individuals are suddenly elected, they will start bartering with each other behind closed doors to scrape together a ruling coalition. A perfect chancellor will only come once theContinue Reading
SYDNEY : On Wednesday ( April 17 ), Australia unveiled its first National Defense Strategy, putting a new emphasis on deterring China’s” coercive tactics” in a region that is currently on the verge of conflict. The 80-page record presents a dreary assessment of Pacific security and details a significant increaseContinue Reading
In response to what US officials perceive as President Nicolas Maduro’s failure to hold free and fair elections this year, the Biden administration has indicated that it will reimpose oil sanctions on Venezuela on Thursday ( April 17 ). In the absence of any Maduro-related last-minute concessions, the US hasContinue Reading
In the first substantive discussions between the superpowers ‘ defense chiefs in nearly 18 months, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun met on Tuesday ( Apr 16 ) via video teleconference in Washington. To combat China’s growing influence, the United States has been attempting toContinue Reading
The Solomon Islands started casting ballots in a national election on Wednesday ( April 17 ), the first step since China’s pact with China led to the signing of a security pact in 2022, which brought the Pacific Islands nation closer to Beijing. The United States, China, and Australia willContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The top US diplomat for East Asia will visit China starting on Sunday ( Apr 14), the State Department said, just days after President Joe Biden held a conference with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines that focused , on China’s aggressive moves , in the South China Sea. USContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The top US diplomat for East Asia will visit China starting on Sunday ( Apr 14), the State Department said, just days after President Joe Biden held a conference with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines that focused , on China’s aggressive moves , in the South China Sea. USContinue Reading
NANIA HAS A FINE LINE STRESS China has been repeatedly warned by the US against supporting Russia, and both Chinese and US authorities claim Beijing has stopped short of offering Russia, which has greatly sanctioned North Korea and Iran, ammunition to replenish its source. US authorities believe that China hasContinue Reading