{"id":72635,"date":"2022-05-17T12:30:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T02:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=72635"},"modified":"2022-05-17T12:29:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T02:29:17","slug":"policy-guns-and-money-china-in-the-south-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/policy-guns-and-money-china-in-the-south-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy, Guns and Money: China in the South Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1238718645.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1238718645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1238718645-205x115.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1238718645-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>In this episode, Alex Bristow, deputy director of ASPI\u2019s defence, strategy and national security program, speaks to Euan Graham, Shangri-La Dialogue senior fellow for Asia\u2013Pacific security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies about the security pact between China and Solomon Islands. 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