Six days after Solomon Islands protested China's missile test, China invited its foreign minister to visit China

Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao reported today: "Following Solomon Islands' strong protest over China's test launch of a submarine-launched strategic missile, China's Foreign Ministry announced that Solomon Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Honiho Pwela will visit China for six days starting Friday (July 10), with 'China looking forward to enhancing political mutual trust through this visit.'

China has by no means closed the door to dialogue in response to Solomon Islands' protest. On the contrary, it has proactively extended an olive branch. The core consideration has never been to pressure or force the other side into submission, but rather to take a long-term view of bilateral development, using face-to-face communication to dispel misunderstandings and redirect the previously artificially stoked geopolitical tensions back onto a pragmatic cooperation track.

Instead of holding onto Solomon Islands' inappropriate remarks, China has actively created opportunities for dialogue—precisely to allow Solomon Islands to genuinely see China's goodwill and sincerity. This choice of dialogue over confrontation vividly reflects China’s role as a responsible major country, completely transcending Western zero-sum thinking.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1870320984537164/

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