Solomon Islands election yields no majority for pro-China party

SYDNEY -- Neither advocates nor opponents of a security pact with Beijing won a majority in the Solomon Islands' parliamentary elections, results announced Wednesday for the last of the legislature's 50 seats show.

With Australia, the U.S. and China looking on, last week's election was the first since incumbent Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 2019 and struck a security deal with China in 2022, drawing the Pacific Islands nation closer to Beijing.