Opinion - Strategic concerns within the Commonwealth: The ‘China factor’ in Australia-Solomon Island relations. Photo shows President Xi Jinping meets Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

July 2023: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. [photo: Huang Jingwen/Xinhua/Alamy]