China and the Solomon Islands happily signed a contract, how can a few "eyes" break the big defense?

Not long ago, China and solomon Islands formally signed a framework agreement on security cooperation between China and the Government. The U.S. government could not sit still that day and hurriedly issued a statement, pulling Australia, New Zealand and a few other little brothers together to "feel worried" that the agreement "poses a serious threat to a free and open Indo-Pacific region."

Why does a normal security agreement make the United States and the West so restless?

In fact, the "Five Eyes Alliance" headed by the United States and Australia has long regarded the cooperation as a thorn in the flesh of the eye, and the intestines and stomach scraping must be inserted horizontally.

First, the media hype. Earlier, the so-called "leaked clause" of the agreement was circulated on the Internet, and the Western media immediately got the treasure and hyped up the agreement as "opening the door for the chinese side to deploy troops" and "may exacerbate the internal instability of the country". The Australian media even advocated that its own government was "ready to invade the Solomon Islands and overthrow the Solomons government" as a way to prevent the agreement.

Then the government went down. Australia not only sent senior government officials to pay special visits to the institute to exert pressure, but also called around to ask Fiji and Papua New Guinea around the Solomon Islands to "intervene".

The United States decided in February to reopen its 29-year-old embassy in the Solomon Islands. You must know that in the past, this remote South Pacific island country could not get into the eyes of the United States at all, and it was impossible to invite a golden and expensive US ambassador. In early April, White House officials even went to the door to ask questions, threatening to "fight back accordingly."

On April 23, 2022, the Solomon Star newspaper said that in the 80 years after World War II, the United States completely forgot about the Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands needs to establish a strong and effective internal security institution and system to support and guarantee the country's economic development, "this alone is the basis for expanding the scope of Solomon Islands' security cooperation with China"

No wonder the Solomon Star complained, "The United States has completely forgotten the existence of the Solomon Islands since World War II, and today it finally woke up." But senior U.S. officials visited again in 80 years to put pressure on Prime Minister Sogavare. ”

The gentleman is frank and the cooperation is blameless

The signing of the security agreement is a normal cooperative exchange between two independent sovereign States. The agreement on intergovernmental security cooperation is a sacred right of two sovereign countries, a normal law enforcement and security cooperation, and conforms to international law and practice.

The Solomon Islands, with a population of more than 700,000, have no army, only a police force of more than a thousand people, and have experienced numerous social unrest in recent years. In November 2021, riots in the capital Honiara caused huge economic losses and severe social panic. Chinese shops in Chinatown and other places were smashed and burned, leaving hundreds of Chinese citizens homeless. Since last year's unrest, the government has been actively seeking "foreign aid" to restore national order and economic development.

In November 2021, a serious riot broke out in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, and Chinese shops in Chinatown and other places were smashed and burned, causing serious property damage and social panic.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in September 2019, exchanges and cooperation in various fields have developed rapidly. Especially after the riots in the Solomon Islands last November and a new round of the epidemic in January this year, China has given all-round support in various aspects such as stability maintenance, anti-epidemic and reconstruction. From police advisory groups, construction experts, and medical teams to medical, police supplies, and Pacific Games stadiums, cooperation brings development, not threat. Security cooperation between the two countries is even more conducive to promoting social stability and economic development.

On January 26, 2022, the Chinese government assisted the Solomon Islands government in the delivery of anti-epidemic and police supplies to Honiara, the capital of the solomon Islands. Li Ming, Chinese Ambassador to solomon Islands, Karvik, Minister of Health, Minister of Police Vico, Minister of Civil Aviation Agwaka, and Senior Government Officials of the Superintendent of Police Mann attended the airport to greet him.

In the face of the public opinion offensive and joint suppression by the United States and Australia, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sogavare said: "Let me assure the people of the Solomon Islands that we have reached an arrangement with China with our eyes wide open and guided by our national interests." "I demand that all our neighbours, friends and partners respect the sovereign interests of the Solomon Islands." ”

Villains have long relatives, and the ghost of hegemonic thinking is not scattered

China's security cooperation is not harmful, so why do individual countries keep a close eye on it and do everything possible to slander and obstruct it? Because they have long regarded the South Pacific Island Nation as their "backyard" and "natural vassal", they cannot be touched by outsiders. Solomon's local newspaper read through: "Washington and Canberra are actually afraid of their own shadow." ”

In the history of the United States and Western countries, wave after wave of colonial expansion frenzy of plunder and division has been set off in the South Pacific Island countries, and still regard the island countries as "forbidden areas of power", leaving entangled "proxy" forces in the local area, but they have never really cared about the demands of the island countries.

In recent years, China and the South Pacific island countries have carried out fruitful cooperation and actively provided assistance for the development of the island countries, which has greatly promoted the economic and social development of these countries and brought tangible benefits to the local people, which has been warmly welcomed. The United States and Australia have long been accustomed to making decisions for island countries, so how can we see that island countries independently decide on foreign policy?

On 13 April 2022, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia remains the Solomon Islands' first choice for security issues.

Under the influence of the sour grape psychology, the United States and Australia have vigorously instilled various "China threat theories" into the island countries. The "White Elephant Project" (referring to projects that have invested a lot but achieved little success), "debt traps," "neo-colonialism," and "military threats" are constantly being heard, and rumors of "China building military bases in the South Pacific Islands" are not uncommon. The reason why the United States and the West lie so skillfully is nothing more than that these are tricks that colonizers are used to doing and are good at doing.

Don't think, I want me to think

For a long time, the United States has adhered to unilateralism and pursued "America First" principle. For those countries that do not act in accordance with the rules of the United States, sanctions and suppression will be imposed at the slightest, and military operations will be launched at worst.

In order to force Nepal to sign the Millennium Challenge (MCC), which is equivalent to the modern version of the unequal treaty, the United States threatened with serious "consequences" and issued an ultimatum to Nepal, almost putting a knife in the neck to force the Nepalese parliament to pass the agreement.

For a long time, the United States has put slogans such as "human rights above sovereignty" and "humanitarian intervention" on its lips, and has wantonly launched wars against other countries. What kind of sovereign equality is this when military strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Iraq, and Syria on trumped-up charges?

In the northern hemisphere, western governments and media have loudly called for Ukraine as a sovereign state with the right to join NATO and the right to put NATO missiles and nuclear weapons on Russia's doorstep. In the southern hemisphere, the Solomon Islands and China, two sovereign states, have only signed a framework agreement on security cooperation, which has been blocked by the United States and Australia and other countries.

On 21 April 2022, former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Danny Philip revealed that during the riots in the Solomon Islands last November, Australian support forces had been instructed not to protect China's infrastructure in the Solomon Islands. Therefore, the institute has "other considerations" and signed a security cooperation agreement with china "not only for the internal security of our country, but also for the benefit of Chinese investment and infrastructure."

But they forget that just last year, the United States, Britain, and Australia established the Trilateral Security Partnership (AUKUS), which dragged the South Pacific island countries into a huge risk of nuclear proliferation, but never consulted the island countries in advance. Now that island countries and China are engaged in normal bilateral cooperation, why should they get permission from the West? The various jumping and defensive moves of the United States and the West are exposing the internationally renowned "Western-style double standard".

The South Pacific Island nation is a blue ocean full of cooperation opportunities, not an arena for geopolitical games, and it is not a "backyard" or "territory" of any country. Whoever sincerely helps the island nation to solve its difficulties, and who controls the island country condescendingly for personal gain, the people of the island country are like a mirror.

On April 22, 2022, Li Ming, Chinese Ambassador to solomon Islands, and Sogavare, Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, jointly attended the handover ceremony of the training track of the China Aid Institute's sports venues. It is the first international standard modern runway in the history of the Solomon Islands.

Some netizens commented on social media that April 22 was an unusual day in the history of the Solomon Islands. Just as China is handing over the Pacific Games competition training venues to the Solomon Islands and doing practical things for the people, another big country is busy complaining and putting pressure on the Solomon Islands out of its own selfish interests.

More and more people are seeing this truth.

(Original title: China and the Solomon Islands happily signed a contract, how did a few "eyes" break the defense? ）

Source: Chaoyang Shaoxia WeChat public account

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