China police diplomacy is propping up tyranny
Over the past few days, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi (王毅) has been visiting eight countries in the South Pacific, starting with the Solomon Islands, where he arrived on Thursday last week. A leaked secret document showed that the Solomon Islands would allow the Chinese People’s Liberation Army to station personnel in its territory. Wang said that the purpose of the agreement between the two countries was to help the Solomon Islands upgrade its police force’s law enforcement capabilities, adding that China had no intention of building a military base there. However, the ...