For all that it gives, China is leaving behind a trail of disappointment, resentment and distrust. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONIARA, Solomon Islands – Down a dirt road outside the Solomon Islands’ capital city, past Chinese construction projects and shops where Chinese merchants sell snacks and clothes, a tribal chief tried to explain what it feels like to have a rising superpower suddenly take an interest in a poor, forgotten place.
Workers at the stadium, including many who commute from wood-slat houses in the area where Mr Kosemu lives, complain about unfulfilled promises on pay. But in the Solomons, a country of about 700,000 people and 1,000 islands that sit in the sea lanes between Australia and the United States, recent experience undercuts Beijing’s confident, money-driven approach to expanding its power around the globe.
“Everyone wants to strike because of the poor payment and lack of safety,” said Mr Lenny Olea, 35, a driver. “We need to get this fixed.” He said Chinese officials had worked with politicians in Parliament seeking to undermine him, funnelling aid to their districts, rather than asking him about what the province needed.
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