HONIARA (CU)_In November last year, a state of unrest unfolded in the Solomon Islands, as thousands of demonstrators carried out riots in the capital city of Honiara, setting fire to buildings in certain parts of the city, as protesters vented their fury over the government, as well as moves to align the archipelago more closely with China. At the time, Australia was among the first countries to provide assistance to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s troubled government, dispatching over a hundred police and defence force personnel to Honiara.
Not long after the crisis, Beijing announced that the government of the Solomon Islands had accepted its offer of…
