Originally Posted by
ORAC
Odd world we live in at present.
Solomon Islands is an odd place. The sort of oddities are one politican who was jailed for 18 months for assault and possession of a deadly weapon, and then after release he became the head of the police force. Went on to be Minister of foreign affairs, and got dismissed from that sometime later. Now still on board of directors for govt instrumentalities.
The China-SOL matter looked clear-cut at first but turns out that SOL had been working on recognition of TWN, and a certain country sent diplomats to TWN, and the TWN-SOL deal fell flat on its face. That was pretty disappointing that the certain country involved would act in such a way, as they also would wish to recognize TWN but are too busy groveling themselves to the PRC.
Law and order in SOL has it's moments, sometimes it is quiet, on other occasions, there is a stirring of the pot and stuff happens.
With the blatant aggression in the SCS and SOJ/East Sea by PRC from PLAAF and PLAN, the region of the South Pacific gets an unwelcome destabilization by the PRC-SOL agreement and the use by PLAN and possibly the PLAAF of Solomon Islands as a forward operating base.