{"id":56732,"date":"2023-07-17T19:40:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T10:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jul\/17\/china-to-fill-the-gap-in-solomon-islands-budget-as-pm-blasts-unneighbourly-australia-and-us"},"modified":"2023-07-17T19:40:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T10:40:13","slug":"china-to-fill-the-gap-in-solomon-islands-budget-as-pm-blasts-unneighbourly-australia-and-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=56732","title":{"rendered":"China to \u2018fill the gap\u2019 in Solomon Islands budget as PM blasts \u2018unneighbourly\u2019 Australia and US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manasseh Sogavare accuses Australia of pulling budget support amid continuing fallout from Honiara\u2019s policing pact with Beijing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/oct\/29\/email-newsletters-guardian-australia-best-daily-news-emails-newsletter-free-sign-up-inbox-subscribe-headlines?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>China will \u201cfill the gap\u201d in Solomon Islands\u2019 troubled budget, after Australia and other traditional development partners suddenly withdrew millions of dollars in promised funding, the country\u2019s prime minister has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>While the Albanese government immediately denied the claim, Manasseh Sogavare again condemned Australia and the US for criticising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jul\/11\/solomon-islands-signs-controversial-policing-pact-with-china\">his country\u2019s policing pact with China<\/a>, saying 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