China and Solomon Islands Draft Secret Security Pact, Raising Alarm in the Pacific
The leaked agreement, if signed, could help the Chinese Navy block shipping routes that played a vital role in World War II.
It is not clear which side initiated the agreement, but if signed, the deal would give Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare of the Solomon Islands the ability to call on China for protection of his own government while granting China a base of operations between the United States and Australia that could be used to block shipping traffic across the South Pacific.
Wow, what a major foreign policy blunder by scomoo !!! Instead of spending billions of dollars on nuclear submarines they have instead allowed China to build a military base on the Solomon Islands in the Pacific !!!
