Johnson Honimae
Johnson Honimae
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Some Solomon Islanders have been resentful of the Chinese. (The Chinese) were taking up all the businesses in town and all the staff and prices were increasing unreasonably.
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It's not surprising as many people would rather vote in their village constituencies. Many candidates have bought or hired boats to take voters back to their villages to vote.
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It is generally calm. People are still going to the burned out shops and trying to pick up what they can, but there are more police out on the streets now.
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Mobs and looters have been hurling rocks and bricks at passing patrol police vehicles.
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The protesters were shouting yesterday that this was a Chinese government because the president of the party that Snyder Rini belongs to is a naturalized Chinese ... so they were saying this is a Chinese-backed government.
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There is a lot of fear. People are just hoping the military will calm things down.