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Jul 2022
10m 3s

A Solomons view on China

ABC Radio
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Solomon Islands journalist Dorothy Wickham joins us to discuss her opinion essay, published recently in the New York Times, that says in the absence of US or Australian investment, China has become a somewhat positive economic force in the poor country.  
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