索羅門群島
位於太平洋的美拉尼西亞島群,由超過990個島嶼組成。過去長期由美國援助,後期則以澳洲和紐西蘭為主要援助者。美國的淡出使索羅門群島總理靠往中國,並在2022年4月和中國簽訂一份秘密安全協議。因為協議內容缺乏透明度,美國、澳洲、日本等印太國家皆表示抗議,擔心索羅門群島可能會利用中國武警鎮壓民主異議人士並繼續掌權,甚至允許中國在此地駐軍,影響印太地區安全。索羅門群島和中國皆否認西方的指控。無論如何,這份協議已經大大震撼整個印太和大洋洲,甚至影響了澳洲2022年大選結果。該國是2022年唯六經濟成長率為負數的國家(其餘5個是俄羅斯、烏克蘭、白俄羅斯、密聯和東加),或許這也是為什麼該國總理積極與中國聯繫的原因。
看2022Year Founded: 1978
A part of Melanesia in the Pacific Ocean, the state consists of more than 990 islands, most of which are volcanic islands. Guadalcanal Island, where the capital sits, is a turning point of the development of the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Each province is ruled by different indigenous groups and clashes have since broken out multiple times. A Solomon civil war once took the lives of thousands of people. For a long time, Australia did not want to see the Solomon Islands leaning too close to China. After years of power struggle between China and Australia, the Solomon Islands government eventually announced severance of diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 2019. However, Malaita, the most populous province, disapproved of the central government's decision to sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan and planned to hold a referendum for independence. In 2020, it received a huge sum of aid from the United States.