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The Solomon Islands’ decision to switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing has been blamed for arson and looting in the national capital Honiara, where protesters are demanding the prime minister’s resignation

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Solomon Islands’ decision to switch its diplomatic...

The Australian government has immediately seized on the unrest, dispatching 23 members of the heavily armed and riot-trained “Specialist Response Group” of the Australian Federal Police, as well as 93 members of the military.

The Solomon Islands’ decision to switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing has been blamed for arson and looting in the national capital Honiara, where protesters are demanding the prime minister’s resignation

The Solomon Islands decision to switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing has been blamed for arson and looting in the national capital Honiara, where protesters are demanding the prime ministers resignation

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- The Solomon Islands' decision to switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing has been blamed for arson and looting

The Solomon Islands’ decision to switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing has been blamed for arson ...

The Solomon Islands’ diplomatic break from Taiwan is but one cause of the many troubles and ethnic divisions within the South Pacific archipelago.

The Solomon Islands’ decision to switch its diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing has been blamed for arson and looting in the national capital Honiara, where protesters are demanding the prime minister’s resignation

Resentment against Chinese business people is longstanding and has fueled violence in Honiara’s Chinatown.