This is CBSI in the world. I'm John Datshe with Cleopas Cowell in Taiwan, clear of the

foundation for the defensive democracies. The speech by Xi Jinping ending the National

People's Congress spoke of constructing a great wall of steel and that the enemies of

the People's Republic will bloody their heads bashing against this great wall. Violent

language. In part, the General Secretary is referring to the Indo-Pacific and the construction

of the island chains or penetrating the island chains in order to build interlocking defense

mechanisms. The U.S. to the north of the federated states would be compromised by the Chinese

building dual use in the federated states or in Palau. The U.S. is moving effectively

to re-secure the Philippines with American power from August as well, the Palau and

Island. Now we go to the south. Cleo is teaching me all this. I hope she has a good student

here. The Solomon Islands are to the south. And Sugavari, the Prime Minister there has

already been persuaded with cash and intimidation to lean towards Beijing. But I learned that

in Bogenville, which is part of the Solomon chain, it's to the west of the Solomon Islands.

Guadalcanal. Bogenville is where the Australian and New Zealand forces blood and treasured

during the Second War against the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. Now Bogenville is autonomous,

led by a man named Ishmael. After the Civil War of the late 20th century, I learned from

John Cunes, who is an American developer on Bogenville, pointing to the efforts by the

Chinese not to use direct contact with the Bogenvilleians because they are suspect

and indifferent to the Chinese aggression, which wants to control their natural resources

and their infrastructure. However, I learned Cleo that they're using Australian cutouts

to visit Bogenville and bribe or persuade or in some fashion convince the leadership

of Bogenville to come the Chinese way. There's a large mine that's been closed for many

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