US Loses Key Foothold in the Pacific as China Gains Control of Solomon Islands

US Loses Key Foothold in the Pacific as China Gains Control of Solomon Islands
The streets of downtown Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, on Dec. 6, 2021. Mavis Podokolo/AFP via Getty Images
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The Solomon Islands, a strategic Pacific nation, is slipping deeper into communist China’s orbit.

Antonio Graceffo
Antonio Graceffo
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Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.
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