Solomons PM to review secretive security pact with China

CANBERRA — The Solomon Islands’ new Prime Minister Matthew Wale said on Wednesday he would review a secretive 2022 security pact with China, which rattled Australia and the United States by opening the door to Chinese forces in the South Pacific. Asked about that pact alongside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the Solomons leader, who was elected last month, said he had been "praying and fasting" about the Chinese security deal. "We are going to be reviewing [it], as we ar