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[Gina Maka’a/BenarNews] Jason Mone, however, said he was happy that Sogavare would visit China because the country had helped change the image of the Solomon Islands. “Development is what every Solomon Islander wants,” he said. China’s influence in the Pacific has burgeoned over several decades through a combination of increased trade, infrastructure investment and aid as it seeks to isolate Taiwan diplomatically and gain allies in international institutions.