News Snapshot:
We hear a lot about the “post-American world” but now we also get a glimpse of “Pax Sinica”. The unrest in Solomon Islands shows us what happens when the balance of power shifts and security and order can no longer be guaranteed. The images of burning buildings and looting of people are a red flag. Chinese companies are targeted as anger mounts over Beijing’s growing influence in the country. The Solomon Islands transferred diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to mainland China. The Pacific Islands, more generally, are at the forefront of Xi Jinping’s vision of the China Dream: China as an...
