China's Foreign Minister Is Visiting the South Pacific. Here's What's at Stake

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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is visiting the South Pacific this week. Here's what's at stake

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi Is Visiting the South Pacific This Week. Here's What's at Stake

The U.S. has traditionally been the area’s major power, but China has been pursuing inroads, particularly with the Solomon Islands, a nation less than 2,000 kilometers from Australia. In a sign of Australia’s concern, new Foreign Minister Penny Wong is heading to Fiji less than a week after her Labor Party won national elections.Wang is due to stop in the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and East Timor on a 10-day trip.

The streets of downtown Honiara seen on December 6, 2021 as the Solomon Islands' embattled Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare faced a no-confidence vote and international peacekeepers were deployed in the crisis-hit capitalUnder leader Xi Jinping, China has been expanding its foreign economic and diplomatic clout through the Belt and Road Initiative that seeks to link East Asia with Europe and beyond through ports, railways, power plants and other infrastructure.

The United States has said it would take unspecified action against the Solomon Islands if the agreement with China poses a threat to U.S. or allied interests.Apart from worries over Chinese expansion across the vast Pacific, under its new government, Australia has urged Beijing to lift trade sanctions if it wants to reset their bilateral relationship.

 

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