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Pacific power play - how will the Solomons choose?
China's interest in the Pacific island state is of major concern to Australia and its Western allies
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Danny Roy For The Straits Times
The Pacific island states appear as tiny specks scattered across the vast blue expanse of ocean between Asia and North America. More often thought of by outsiders as idyllic, palm-fringed and tranquil, they have become of late a new arena of geopolitical competition.
The leading edge of this trend is in the Solomon Islands, where a budding relationship with China has spooked Australia.
