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The Solomon Islands needs help

Previous post said "US peacekeepers" when it should have said "UN peacekeepers." That was UNMIT 2006.
 
Since I can't find new news, have the tankie perspective on the troubles:

Solomon Islands’ government invites Chinese riot police deployment

The move has triggered alarm in Australian ruling circles—ever since World War II, Australian imperialism has regarded the South Pacific as its exclusive “sphere of influence.”
www.wsws.org

You may not like the bias, but there's a lot of detail the mainstream don't cover.

The violence was the culmination of a US-backed anti-government campaign spearheaded by the premier of Malaita province, Daniel Suidani.

After the government switched the country’s diplomatic relations from Taiwan to China in 2019, Suidani declared, on anti-communist and Christian fundamentalist grounds, that he would not recognise the decision. The premier subsequently declared that Chinese nationals were barred from Malaita, and that Chinese investment and aid would not be permitted in the province. He insisted that he would maintain an independent foreign policy, and has since welcomed Taiwanese aid that has been unlawfully delivered to the island.
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Basically a pro-Taiwan (and therefore pro-US) secession movement on one of the islands. Malaita province/island is the most populous of the Solomon Islands.
 

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz www.stuff.co.nz

New Zealand also sent troops, about 15 of them.
 
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