By Global Times Published: Aug 31, 2022 11:29 PM
The failure of US and UK military vessels to dock in the Solomon Islands, a Pacific Island country, due to some technical reasons, has been made into a big issue in the US and Western public opinion. A New York Times report claimed “The move appeared to be a rebuke of the United States.” It’s not difficult for us to sense some people’s complicated feelings of shame and anger. For Washington, this not only is a matter of losing face, but also indicates it actually feels guilty of its “coercive diplomacy.”
Washington elites who are stuck in a Cold War mentality have inexplicably depicted this frustration as “China’s victory.” Another exaggerated view even holds that “the politics of the Solomon Islands has been controlled by China.”
It’s clear those people have never treated the Solomon Islands as a country with independent sovereignty and decision-making. If the island country is not “controlled” by Washington, then it must have been in the grip of the country that Washington regards as its “rival.”
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