Taiwan expresses concern over China-Solomon Islands security pact

Taiwan joined the United States on Wednesday in expressing "deep concerns" over a security pact sealed a day earlier between China and a former Taiwan diplomatic ally, the Solomon Islands, a move that many fear could open the door to a Chinese naval base in the South Pacific.

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