Beijing offers development fund if Solomon Islands breaks ties with Taiwan: government
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China is offering to bankroll a development fund for the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific if it switches diplomatic ties from Taiwan to Beijing, a parliamentary committee in the small island nation has heard.