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i would not be surprised if the grievances were stirred up by a third party.
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Solomon Islands PM blames ‘foreign powers’ for unrest after Australia sends troops​

By Rod McGuirk​

November 26, 2021 — 8.55am



The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands blamed foreign powers after rioting in the Pacific nation prompted Australia to send security assistance.
Manasseh Sogavare, in comments to the ABC, rejected criticism of the Pacific nation’s 2019 decision to end diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favour of Beijing, a move seen contributing to the national crisis.
Prime Minister of Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare.

Prime Minister of Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare.CREDIT:UN/AP
The crisis “is influenced and encouraged by other powers,” he said.
“These very countries that are now influencing Malaita [the main island of the nation] are the countries that don’t want ties with the People’s Republic of China,” Sogavare told the ABC.

“And they are discouraging Solomon Islands to enter into diplomatic relations and to comply with international law...”
“I don’t want to name names, we’ll leave it there, we know who they are,”
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Fresh rioting broke out in Honiara as Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare called for an end to the inter-island tensions that have plunged the Pacific nation into crisis.

Fresh rioting broke out in Honiara as Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare called for an end to the inter-island tensions that have plunged the Pacific nation into crisis. CREDIT:AFP/CHARLEY PIRINGI
Looting continued in Honiara on Friday, with buildings in Chinatown targeted.
A Radio NZ correspondent said a lot of local businesses had “gone up in flames”.

“Chinatown has now been badly affected and also the industrial area in Honiara, that has also been affected,” she said.
Sogavare declared a lockdown on Wednesday after about 1000 people gathered in protest in the capital, Honiara, demanding his resignation over a host of domestic issues.
Australian Federal Police Special Operations members are escorted across the tarmac to a Royal Australian Air Force jet for their flight to the Solomon Islands on Thursday.

Australian Federal Police Special Operations members are escorted across the tarmac to a Royal Australian Air Force jet for their flight to the Solomon Islands on Thursday.CREDIT:DEFENCE/AP
It was not immediately clear what triggered the outburst of protests, but tensions between the government and the leadership of the most populous island of Malaita have been simmering for some time.
The premier of Malaita has been outspokenly critical of Sogavare’s 2019 decision to cut the country’s diplomatic ties with Taiwan, switching its diplomatic allegiance to China instead, accusing him of getting too close to Beijing.

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On this point, historical enemies of China have all without fail either:
  • assimilated by China, adding their cultural and genetic diversity to what's considered "Chinese"
  • or for the lack of a better word: gone
The Manchus were the ruling class of China not even 200 years ago, and now their language is dead and they are all but unrecognisable apart from any regular han chinese.

Looking further back you have Khitan (hilariously the name Russians still use to refer to China, hence Su-30 MKK), Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie and more, all of them have disappeared in the river of time with some help from the powers from Central Plain. One wonders should this pattern hold, where would countries like the US or Japan be in 500 years time.
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