"Weeks after China's foreign minister cautioned the US against trying to form a "Pacific NATO"
- a veiled reference to the growing national security orientation of
"the Quad" (a security and economic cooperation alliance involving the
US, Australia, India and Japan) - Beijing has reportedly reached a deal
with the Solomon Islands to station Chinese military and police
personnel on the island, dramatically altering the balance of military
power in the Pacific, and potentially re-orienting the small island
nation toward Beijing, and away from Washington and Canberra.Weeks after China's foreign minister cautioned the US against trying to form a "Pacific NATO"
- a veiled reference to the growing national security orientation of
"the Quad" (a security and economic cooperation alliance involving the
US, Australia, India and Japan) - Beijing has reportedly reached a deal
with the Solomon Islands to station Chinese military and police
personnel on the island, dramatically altering the balance of military
power in the Pacific, and potentially re-orienting the small island
nation toward Beijing, and away from Washington and Canberra." ZH
