Solomon Islands’ security pact with China raises the question – is Australia the partner for the Pacific it thinks it is? | Kate Lyons
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The Australian government woke up Wednesday morning to a Solomon Islands-shaped headache.
Tuesday night, news broke that the Pacific nation, less than 2,000km from Australia’s east coast, had signed a security deal with China.