The United States has opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands in its latest move to counter China's push into the Pacific.The embassy, which opened in the capital, Honiara, on Thursday, is starting small, with a chargé d'affaires, a couple of State Department staff and a handful of local employees. The US previously operated an embassy in the Solomon Islands for five years before closing it in 1993 as part of a global reduction in diplomatic posts after the end of the Cold War.
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