You can imagine my surprise when I was followed this past July in Fiji during the Pacific Islands Forum by two Chinese men; my further surprise when it was determined that they worked for the Chinese Embassy in Suva; my even further surprise when it was discovered that one of them was a PLA intelligence officer.
Panuelo recounts being followed by Chinese intelligence during a forum.
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So, what does it really look like when so much of our Government's senior officials and elected officials choose to advance their own personal interest in lieu of the national interest?
Our Nation's broader foreign policy outlook--that we are a friend to all, and an enemy to none--is consistent with that of Solomon Islands.
One of the reasons that China's Political Warfare is successful in so many arenas is that we are bribed to be complicit, and bribed to be silent.
At worst in the short-term, it means we sell our country and our sovereignty for temporary personal benefit.