How Solomon Islands was divided by Chinese influence | If You’re Listening
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- In Solomon Islands, China has built most of the venues which have allowed the capital Honiara to host the 2023 Pacific Games.
But China and Xi Jingping are not alone. Like a geopolitical version of The Bachelor, China, Taiwan, Australia, and the United States are all trying desperately to win Honiara’s heart.
This tussle has caused panic in Taipei and Canberra, anger in Beijing and Washington, and actual violence in the Solomons.
It’s hard to think of a more perfect example of trouble in paradise.
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Small note to Matt and the ABC team: the "ai" in Malaita is locally pronounced more like the long "a" in "mate", rather than the long "i" in "mite. If you listen to how both Suidani and Sogavare say Malaita (at about 12:22 and 12:35) it's closer to (though not exactly) the long a sound. The island is known as Mala or Mara, depending on what part you're from, and Mala'ita is derived from this. I never heard the "long i" form of the name when I was there in the 1980s and 90s, except when Americans tried to copy the name from Australian sources, but I have noted the "long i" form used by the ABC for the last few years (but note the ABC pronunciation used to be the "long a" form in the past - listed at about 9:32).
Note Sogavare's use is at 13:35, not 12:35 - my error.
But 13:34
0:38: 😊 Chinese President Xi Jinping has become more friendly and is engaging with other countries.
1:12: The competition for influence in the Solomon Islands has caused panic in Taipei.
4:05: 🏝 The island of Mal in the Solomon Islands has a unique culture and history separate from the rest of the country.
4:37: The people of Mal have historically identified as separate cultural groups with different languages.
5:01: Malian culture has been negatively stereotyped due to resistance against colonization and conversion to Christianity.
7:04: 🌊 The Battle of Guad Canal and the relinquishment of British control over the Solomon Islands.
8:02: Prince Richard gave an awkward speech in Pigeon English relinquishing British control over the islands.
10:32: 🇨🇳 The video discusses China's growing influence in the Solomon Islands and its potential motives for investment.
11:30: Some raised concerns that China's investment in the Solomon Islands may be a pretext for setting up naval and air bases.
13:39: 🌍 The Solomon Islands' relationship with China has caused tension with Australia and the US.
14:42: The US intervened by providing financial support to the anti-China premier, causing further tensions.
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solomon should do whats best for themselves .
So what's the problem? No one helped them so they asked the Chinese. Then Australia and USA is scrambling around to show that they care about the Pacific nations.
Exactly. Even US left us and close their embassy
@@user-qs2ku8eb9c China doesn’t have your best interest at heart. China needs to worry about their citizens leaving the country.
This is a very good show. Thank you ABC.
Solomon Island has been there since independence and no one has ever showed interest in helping them.
China shows up and you make a lot of noise. Let Solomon Island be a sovreign Nation and you mind your own business!
Exactly. US left us in 94. And just now they show interest. They called us their backyard. Now it’s time we stand up
Even Australia who is in the same region has no interest or concern of developing SI, so stop barking.
Could never understand the animosity between the central and provincial governments in Solomon until this video…
Excellent posting.
It seems to be impossible to convince Australians how the Chinese control of the Solomon islands would be equivalent to holding a knife to Australia's throat. Humans only tend to learn things the hard way, when it becomes far too late.
His Evilness Emperor Xi wants to reshape the image of the Pacific Islands.
Sun
Sand
And concentration camps.
Great point 🤠
I always listen to the podcast first, then come here to watch the video, because both are awesome. 🙂✅😎👍🏆
Great episode as always.
5:04 couldn't find the music source reference
Using cash?! If Australia is good at infrastructure,they would pick Australia as well.
australia progressively cut back financial support to our island neighbours over and over during the last 10 years. Of course they were going to be enticed by money from elsewhere. It's why the first thing Labord did when they got in power was to spend a lot of time with Wong and Albo meeting the leadership of many small island nations. Duttons "the water will be lapping at their doors" joke won't be forgotten by these countries anytime soon.
matt bevin excellent as always, ABC should give this guy a full budget news show asap
Very good and intelligent briefing. My issue is with the strength of my anxiety medication.
Nice!
They have unlimited budget. More than private entities
Western narrative!
Thanks Matt.
So, what is the point?
Thanks ABC in-depth team
Loving the story time. Long live the ABC.
To control the Indo Pacific Ocean's you need Australia on your side.. American control the Indo Pacific because it has Australia 🌏
without artificially added background noise (music) it wouls be more pleasant to watch this video.
Love your work!
Just come back from S.I. Notably the Malaitan people are open and friendly. My concern is a strategic base to close to our shores and the downing of it's unique flora.
Australia and its patron, the US, throw a hissy fit at even the thought (not even an established fact) of China having a naval base 2000 miles away. Meanwhile, it's OK to have multiple bases within a a few hundred miles of China. That's normal.
Well said. The hypocrisies of the US-led West is one of the reasons why some of the global south is turning away from them.
Would you rather live under the regime of the CCP or the US?
@@Leo_Pard_A4 China any day. Would you like to like in China or under the Dem/Rep?
Peter Dutton laughed at the water on the doorsteps of these Island homes!
His Evilness Emperor Xi wants to reshape the image of the Pacific Islands.
Sun
Sand
And concentration camps.
If you want the Geopolitical PIC OF ASIA. JUST READ PAGE 96 OF THE GRAND CHESSBOARD BY BRZEZINSKI
Watch the new Midway movie as it kinda explains it.. Logistics is what wars are all about.. The Imperial Japanese in WW2 was trying hard to do this in Solomon islands by cutting Australia off from the USA 🏝️
He said, Xi said! 😂😂😂 I will definitely be using that one!
I wish if you're listening had its own TH-cam channel.
Your explanation is top notch 😊
China is creeping in any one aware of what happened to our port Darwin? Back to china’s hand
GOD WILL ALWAYS BLESS CHINA AND ALWAYS BE WITH CHINA...!!!
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✝️🇨🇳GOD BLESS CHINA🇨🇳✝️
@@jesussonofgod6284Yet being a Christian in China is illegal 🤣
@@FukYaLyf GOD WILL ALWAYS BLESS CHINA AND ALWAYS BE WITH CHINA...!!!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
✝️🇨🇳GOD BLESS CHINA🇨🇳✝️
@@FukYaLyfI’m confused what you mean, there are estimated 100 million Christians in China, it’s not one of the major religions but Catholicism and Protestantism is explicitly allowed as offical religions.
@@lordwind9745 A quick google search of ‘persecuted christians in china’ will answer your question. CCP don’t give a crap about religious freedom or human rights and anyone who says otherwise has never been to China
Why are they so desperate and concerned about a sovereign decision by an independant state?
Stop bringing your petty wars to the Solomon Islands.
Trouble in Paradise
I feel like that stadium will fall apart and be abandoned in a few years and turn into rubbish, but maybe it wont.
So why are the countries picking China over Australia or other western countries?
Dirty money mate 🤠 💰
The west want absoulte control over small island states. My message is stop poking you noses in others peoples lives
Why do some people pronounce Taiwan as Tai won.
Yes, very friendly and helpful. No trouble at all in the Parasite, except that we have seen developments sprouting.
The answer:
China focus on peace, trades and investments.
Aukus is addicted to wars, sanction, and regime changes in the past 30 years.
His Evilness Emperor Xi wants to reshape the image of the Pacific Islands.
Sun
Sand
And concentration camps.
Why does Australia even care? Solomon Islands is a sovereign nation.
You're not the brightest crayon in the box now are you?
The West is scared of the rise of China😂
@@qanaqa33174 and China scared of rise of Australia 😂
Because the Red Chinese are using them as pawns to be a knife 🗡️ at Australia's throat.. That's why..
Great video. Stop following the regular narative and go longer
What can you said about NEW CALEDONIA and the IMPERIALIST FRANCE
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The presenter talk about the Chinese mainland's investment as though it is a bad thing that they didn't invest. Let's be practical, if you don't recognise me why would i give my money to you ? I'm not obliged to give you my money and you are not entitled to it you know.
Too good in investigation but not good in helping the developing countries in the Pacific. Please don't confuse the mindset of the people. Solomon Islands Prime Minister leadership towards his people is the best of all island nations within the Pacific 🇸🇧🇨🇳❤️🥰🙏🏻
Should Australia be in charge of other countries?
It’s not. Solomon Islands is a sovereign country. Our trade routes could be under threat but we’re not Russians, we’re not invading, we’re trying to solve it diplomatically. They did ask for our help in keeping the peace, if you were paying attention, and our soldiers and police were there for a long time. They made no attempt to take charge of the country.
After longstanding tensions between competing ethnic groups intensified in 1998, Solomon Islands fell into armed chaos and anarchy.
At the request of the Solomon Islands Government, Australia led 2 multinational peacekeeping missions in 2000 and 2003 to end the violence and restore law and order. A mix of military, police and civilian personnel deployed from Australia, New Zealand and 13 other countries from the Pacific region.
Australian troops withdrew in 2013 after 10 years of peacekeeping service, while police and civilian personnel remained until 2017.
If it is an alternative to the evils of the CCP Chinese Criminal Party, well then the answer is yes.
@@marymarlow3646Australia waited until our country collapse before stepping in. So what is wrong if China military help us? We need their help. If Australia wants to help us then Let China help us. I guess Aussie is disguising their help for personal gain
@@user-qs2ku8eb9c If they all really wanted to help the Solomons, they would quit fighting with each other first before trying to help. Cant even figure out their own shit and here they are trying to help? ya... figure youre own shit out Aussies, Americans, Chinese and whoever else. I mean seriously. The Solomons is far too tiny of a country for these people to be fighting over its resources and yet there they are doing exactly that.
A CT scan costs $100,000?
The cost includes the ambulance aircraft round trip. Those are always very expensive, like taking a private jet, but including the cost of nurses and medical equipment.
January 1942 Japanese also captured Rabaul - Battle of Rabaul where the British lost.
I agree with Sogavare, the previous premier Sudini was a political opportunist and a cynical one at that, he did hoodwink his constituency , his combative political approach has done nothing but setback Malaitain development, created political divisions and animosity amongst different ethnic groups which has had tragic consequences, which is also why he got voted out of the premiership by his own cabinet. It’s going to take many years to weed out these types of people which is the legacy of RAMSI mission the billions of Australian tax dollars wasted
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Why is there an Israeli flag @3:12 ?
Why not?
@@Leo_Pard_A4light weight answer, sport. In fact you replied with a question. It’s because some people in Pacific island nations, primarily Melanesians believe they belong to one of the lost tribes of Israel.
That's because Malaitans including their premier believe they are one of the lost tribes of Jacob😂
@@qanaqa33174 Whys that funny? White people think Jesus was white and that GOD is white... sooo wanna talk about funny?
Based
it's been going on for decades. China has placed infrastructure in many small Pacific countries, who pays the debt?
Sogovare is the King of the Pacific.He is making all the right decisions.West potrarying China has bad is BS
Sitting in Australia producing this is quite ironic, I must say...
Strong episode. The playbook utilized by those in the Chinese government is at this point well known, along with its almost heinous corrupting influence. I surely hope that liberty persists over there, though the head of state isn't I suspect an ally to that end, while consciously remaining apt to believe that he is.
He has those Yanukovych vibes.
It was a great watch.
Liberty: when Whites control Solomon Islands 😂
And then there is the long known playbook of the US. #1 Sell our manufacturing to the Chinese. #2 Borrow heavily from the Chinese. #3 Pocket the money and leave your citizens without safe efficient public transit. #4 Create 800 military based in 80 countries compared to China's close to zero , further ensuring that your own people in the US are left destitute. Facts are nasty when allowed to see the light of day. I traveled in China from the beginning of their infrastructure projects up until recently when they came to completion. My eyes could not unsee that! We call China communist as a media slight. They are actually socialists.
Gosh. Leant a lot from that
Any help from China comes at enormous cost.
China does not assist any other nation with ultruistic intent.
The infrastructure it builds in Africa and through the Pacific incurs long lasting debts, which enables China to affect trade and military decisions over the impoverished nations.
China's ultimate aim is to dominate world trade and finance.
Don't be naive enough to believe China will stop short of going beyond dominating world trad and finance.
The only reason China is not forcing its value and ideology through to the world is simply because they can't do it for now.
And the aim of western powers led by the US is what?
@@k.k.c8670 the lesser of two evils.
@@jstone247 @@jstone247 except China does not initiate regime change, color revolution and occasionally b/omb you when nothing else works
@@jstone247depends if you're already indebted to them or not, and who your government consists of. Good luck being a free sovereign nation bordering a U.S owned state.
That Solomon Islands opposition leader with Brain cancer likely was attacked with a Electromagnetic radiation weapon or something like that from Red China.. Poor man as he couldn't defend himself.
okay calm down.
Suidani is just one person who is sick. What about the rest of the population? So he is more special? Most citizens need same treatment.
China is the number one partner of Solomon Islands. Now the whole country love china.
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2:28 , in which world CT scan cost $122000, they are lying
In my city it costs around $40
Wow...just...wow. what a load of BS?
Smells like a propaganda channel. How much money does the alphabet agencies pay for this kind of work? Economies going to shit so we need to know how much pay you can get doing this.
true
Of course it is
Any small nation especially the third world countries should always be aware and be vigilant of the big countries on what their true intentions are. Most of them are not good for the future of your people.
GOD WILL ALWAYS BLESS CHINA AND ALWAYS BE WITH CHINA...!!!
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✝️🇨🇳GOD BLESS CHINA🇨🇳✝️
Are you really this dense?
There are thousands of Indigenous-Chinese families throughout the top parts of Australia!
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Indigenous Australians traded with Asian countries for thousands of years!🙏🏼🕊️
Hope he stays there
@@colleen2671Hmmm so what.. That like me saying my ancestors 2000s years ago were trading with the Germans with Scotland. Be like me telling you this 1930s.. You kinda get what I'm saying right 😅
All countries have to sop dealing and buying from China. They have only one interest and that is to dictate over every country they can. Building stadiums in Honiara is 100% useless to the country and its citizens. That is not the type of infostructure they need to help progress and uplift the economy. They need help to promote tourism and trade to help all of the citizens. Not sell out the country. Just have to look at how Vanuatu has turned out. Chinese moved into shops and could buy items cheaper than the citizens for the identical item and under cut them until they were forced out of their shops. They move in like a virus and kill off the competition until they own and run everything, and the citizens can hardly make a living.
Did you cry?
As opposed to US intentions. They're all for peace and development. You really need to give your head a shake !