China to ‘fill the gap’ in Solomon Islands budget as PM blasts ‘unneighbourly’ Australia and US
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/17/china-to-fill-the-gap-in-solomon-islands-budget-as-pm-blasts-unneighbourly-australia-and-us
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downpunxx@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
lol, let's revisit in 10 years and see how this decision works out for the good people of the Solomon Islands
Selmafudd@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
What's the worst that could happen, they end up with foreign military bases?? They already have several US..
Marsupial@quokk.au · -1 pts · 3y
Most likely outcome is they lose their democracy.
TigrisMorte@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
And all their infrastructure owned by corrupt CCP Corpo.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y
Sounds like the same sort of thing they're doing with the Ball and Chain- oops, I mean Belt and Road initiative. Might not always see the strings attached but they're there.