What About the Bilateral Agreement With the Solomon Islands?

The bi lateral agreement that was announced in april with the solomon islands got a lot of attention. It alarmed the australians, that the chinese were getting their noses in under the tent in their back yard. The islanders are four thousand kilometers away from wou know, from china. This is an offensive phrase to the pacific islanders, and they took umbrage at that. But the reality is it is a closea lot se to australia than it is to China.