The Chinese government has been running a coordinated disinformation campaign in Solomon Islands, suggesting that Australia, the United States and Taiwan fomented the riots that rocked the capital Honiara last year, according to new analysis by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).
Chinese diplomats also intensified efforts to criticise Western countries after the political controversy surrounding the China-Solomon Islands security pact, with state media trying to paint Australia and the US as colonialist bullies, ASPI said.
