{"id":86416,"date":"2019-11-20T06:08:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T06:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=86416"},"modified":"2019-11-20T06:08:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T06:08:09","slug":"tulagi-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/tulagi-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulagi Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Tulagi Island, which was recently in news, is the territory of which country?<br> (a) South Korea<br> (b) Japan<br> (c) Solomon<br> (d) Madagascar<br> Answer: (c)<br> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 25 October, 2019; Solomon Islands completely rejected Chinese company&#8217;s attempt to lease an entire Tulagi Island in the Pacific archipelago.<\/li><li>Solomon\u2019s Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare&#8217;s office said in a statement that this lease deal was unlawful and will not be allowed to go ahead. <\/li><li>It should be noted that in September 2019 a Chinese company Sam Enterprise Group has signed a secretive deal with the government of the Solomon Islands to lease an entire Tulagi island.<\/li><li>The lease deal has to be effective for up to 75 years but the status of the lease remains unclear since it is a non-binding agreement.<\/li><li>The deal was signed just a few days after the Solomon Islands abandoned Taiwan and began diplomatically recognizing Chinese aid and investment to flow.<\/li><li>Solomon Government insisted that provincial government did not have the power to negotiate the agreement regarding Tulagi island, which has the type of deep-water harbour coveted by the military.<\/li><li>Solomon Islands, lie east of Papua New Guinea and northeast of Australia in the south Pacific, is a scattered archipelago of about 1,000 mountainous islands and low-lying coral atolls.<\/li><li>Tulagi, among Solomon\u2019s is  an island about two square kilometres (0.8 square miles) with a population of 1,200, is the site of a former Japanese naval base and was the scene of fierce fighting in World War II.<\/li><li>The agreement with China\u2019s company Sam mentioned developing a refinery on the island, but the United States and Australia would have been concerned at its potential for dual use as a Chinese military base.<\/li><li>The Solomons was previously Taiwan&#8217;s largest ally in the Pacific region but now they have taken the decision to ditch Taipei for China.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/world\/chinese-firms-plan-to-lease-an-entire-island-turns-sour-as-solomon-islands-pm-terms-deal-illegal-2361905.html\">https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/world\/chinese-firms-plan-to-lease-an-entire-island-turns-sour-as-solomon-islands-pm-terms-deal-illegal-2361905.html<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-solomonislands\/solomon-islands-govt-says-chinas-island-lease-is-unlawful-idUSKBN1X400G\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-solomonislands\/solomon-islands-govt-says-chinas-island-lease-is-unlawful-idUSKBN1X400G<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Tulagi Island, which was recently in news, is the territory of which country? (a) South Korea (b) Japan (c) Solomon (d) Madagascar Answer: (c) Related facts: On 25 October, 2019; Solomon Islands completely rejected Chinese company&#8217;s attempt to lease an entire Tulagi Island in the Pacific archipelago. 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