Beijing Could Become ‘Owner and Minder’ of Solomon Islands: US Senators Warn

Beijing Could Become ‘Owner and Minder’ of Solomon Islands: US Senators Warn
Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) speaks at a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2021. Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images
Daniel Y. Teng
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U.S. senators are warning that Beijing could become the “owner and minder” of the Solomon Islands if a controversial security pact is implemented.

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee, is visiting Australia, along with five Republican senators and congressman, because it was the “epicentre of the global challenge” involving the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).