The Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Snyder Rini, whose election victory last week sparked riots in the islands, resigned April 26. His resignation will quell the riots, but the problems of China...
Snyder Rini, who was elected as the Solomon Islands' prime minister April 20, resigned April 26. His election prompted riots in which people torched businesses in Chinatown in the Solomon Islands' capital of Honiara on April 20. During this time of chaos, China is forwarding its reputation as a responsible actor in the South Pacific by chartering planes to fly Chinese refugees from the Solomon Islands to safety on the mainland.