The Solomon Islands has ousted the country’s prime minister, opening up a new contest for influence in the Pacific island nation that has become a geopolitical flashpoint between China and western powers.
所罗门群岛罢免了本国总理，可能开启一场新的影响力争夺战。这个太平洋岛国已成为中国与西方大国之间的一个地缘政治引爆点。
Jeremiah Manele, a former diplomat, lost a no-confidence vote in parliament on Thursday.
前外交官杰里迈亚•马内莱(Jeremiah Manele)周四未能通过议会的不信任投票。
While serving as foreign minister in 2022, Manele signed a security deal with China that roiled the strategic region’s traditional power alignment and stoked alarm in Washington and Canberra.
马内莱在2022年担任外交部长期间与中国签署了一项安全协议，此举扰乱了这个具有战略意义的地区的传统权力格局，并引起华盛顿和堪培拉的警惕。