Solomons Government Says China’s Island Lease ‘Unlawful’

Solomons Government Says China’s Island Lease ‘Unlawful’
Rainbow over Tulagi island, Solomon Islands, in 2007. mjwinoz/Wikimedia commons/ CC BY 2.0 ept.ms/2haHp2Y
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The Solomon Islands government says a contract signed by one of its provinces to lease the entire island of Tulagi to a Chinese company is unlawful and should be terminated.

Details of the controversial long-term lease between Solomons’ Central Province and China Sam Enterprise Group were made public shortly after the Pacific nation switched diplomatic ties from Taiwan to Beijing in September, which sparked a strong rebuke from the United States.