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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, left, and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
AUSTRALIA has been accused of provoking riots aiming to overthrow the government of the Solomon Islands after the South Pacific country cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and established relations with Beijing.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare blamed “foreign interference” on Friday for anti-government protests in the capital Honiara, during which parliament was stormed and police stations torched. Rioters also attacked Honiara’s Chinatown district.
According to the New York Times, the Solomon island of Malaita, which has maintained relations with Taiwan, is receiving direct foreign aid from the United States.
From anonymous surveys claiming Chinese students are spying on each other to a meltdown about the size of China’s London embassy, the evidence is everywhere that Britain is embracing full spectrum Sinophobia as the war clouds gather, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
