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Published on: 02. May 2022

Why China and the US are fighting over the Solomon Islands

Salomonen Sogavare China Xi Jinping
China has pulled off a coup in the Solomon Islands: First, the archipelago breaks its ties with Taiwan, and now follows with a "security agreement" with Beijing. The USA and its allies are alarmed. But what makes the group of islands in the Pacific so interesting?

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