China's relations with the Solomon Islands began in 2019, although the two countries have not established diplomatic relations for a long time, but Solomon has obviously been eager to cover China's influence in the South Pacific region as soon as possible, and only in this way can other South Pacific countries slowly break away from the "claws" of the United States and Australia and achieve relative independence and autonomy.
We often say that "the world is bitter and beautiful for a long time", but this is not the case for the countries of the South Pacific. In this region, the United States is the big hegemon, Australia is the small hegemon, the two countries take turns to fight, the South Pacific countries are arrogant, do not regard them as independent and sovereign countries, so that the South Pacific countries have not yet received effective economic development, social development is even more seriously lagging behind. As a result, they are already dissatisfied with the United States and Australia, but they are just powerless, and the arrival of China seems to have completely turned the situation in the region.
Solomon rarely says "no" to the United States
As a small country in the South Pacific, with Solomon's size, it is obviously difficult to reject the United States or Australia, but now with the close cooperation between China and Solomon and the friendly diplomatic relations between China and China, Solomon can also bravely refuse the unreasonable demands of the United States and Australia.
According to Reuters and other media reports, Solomon recently refused the request of the US Coast Guard ships to dock at Solomon Port. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the ship was originally intended to be supplied in the Solomon Islands, but it was rejected by Solomon, and as for the planned docking time, the United States did not disclose it for "security reasons."
Later, the United States also said that because the Solomon Islands refused to dock the US ship, the ship had to dock in Papua New Guinea and then resupply. In this regard, some US media claim that Solomon's move may exacerbate the Concern that the West is getting closer and closer to China and then alienating the United States.
British warships also ate the closed door
It is understandable to ban the docking of American ships, after all, Solomon has been unhappy with the United States for a long time, and now he is only using his sovereignty to reject the United States reasonably and legally. But it wasn't just the United States that had been rejected by Solomon in recent times, but British warships were also barred from calling and resupplying solomon's ports.
It is reported that the British patrol ship that previously carried out the task of monitoring illegal fishing in the relevant waters also tried to dock in the Solomon Islands, but was refused by Solomon. In this regard, the British Navy did not disclose too much information, and the matter was not resolved. Seeing that the influence of Western countries in Solomon is declining, and the Western media have been slandering China-China relations recently, Solomon is telling the United States, Australia and other countries that when entering the South Pacific, they should respect others and be polite.
Source: World Wide Web