Solomon Islands Prime Minister "Refuses", US Congressman Visits Attempting to Sell Anti China Sentiment Time | United States | Solomon Islands
Global Times special correspondent Lin Zeyu reported on the 17th that two Republican congressmen, Neil Dunn and Amuya Radwald, who are focused on competing with China, visited the Solomon Islands this week. However, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sogavare refused to meet with them.
Dunn is a member of the so-called "Special Committee on China" in the United States House of Representatives. In a press release released on the 16th local time, the committee stated that due to the Solomon Islands Prime Minister not taking time out of their schedule, Dunn and Radwagan did not see Sogavare. "We requested the Prime Minister's office to hold talks, but they told us that the government is very busy this week," The Guardian quoted Dunn as saying, "This is a missed opportunity.".
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This article is filled with anti China fallacies. Dunn claimed that China was "entrenched" around the Solomon Islands, "hoping to increase control over the Indo Pacific region." He even used the history of the intense war between the United States and Japan in Guadalcanal Island during World War II to compare China to Japan at the time, attempting to sell anti China sentiment.
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In fact, it is the United States that is eager to compete for influence with China in the Indo Pacific region.In February of this year, after a 30-year absence, the United States announced the reopening of its embassy in the Solomon Islands. In July, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveiled the new US Embassy in Tonga. The US also plans to establish new embassies in Vanuatu and Kiribati. The Guardian said that the United States announced this week the establishment of a new aid program for the Pacific region.
The South China Morning Post reported that last month, Sogavare embarked on a 7-day visit to China, visiting multiple places such as Beijing, Jiangsu, and Guangdong. During this period, China and the Solomon Islands jointly announced their decision to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership of mutual respect and common development in the new era.