161 mobile towers manufactured and supplied by Huawei will be built in the Solomon Islands thanks to a $66 million loan from China. Chinese officials are reportedly considering using the security agreement to establish a military facility in the Solomon Islands. Manasseh Sogavare, the prime minister of the nation, has frequently refuted this assertion. The state-affiliated Exim Bank of China will grant the island nation a 20-year concessional loan as per the agreement. The Solomon Islands’ administration referred to the relationship as “a historical financial alliance” between the two nations. The US and its allies are concerned about the expanding...