West forgot about Pacific islands, but China did not

It has been eight decades since the Battle for Guadalcanal was fought between Allied Forces and the Japanese Imperial Army. Today, the Solomon Islands are again at the center of a Pacific power game — one that pits the US and its strategic partners against their latest adversary, China.
News that the People’s Republic of China and the Solomon Islands had signed a framework agreement on security cooperation was met with significant unease on Tuesday in the US, Australia and New Zealand, where officials fear it could pave the way for a Chinese naval base in the Pacific. (The World War

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