Blinken due in China seeking pressure but also stability

Tapping ON RUSSIA Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Biden administration’s opportunity to participate China contrasts starkly with its work to remove it. The United States has accused China of supplying Russia with industrial equipment and technology after first being relieved that Beijing had not originally providedContinue Reading

Pro-China PM retains his seat in Solomon Islands election

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