Samoa welcomed a new female ** Fiame in 2021, and as a friendly country of China for many years, China congratulated them for the first time. Surprisingly, however, Fiame took aim at China immediately after taking office, canceling China's project in Samoa's ports. This has made China's efforts for many years in vain, and Fiame's actions have seriously damaged the friendship between the two countries and had a serious negative impact on future cooperation between the two sides. So what exactly happened during this period that made Fiame make such a risky move?Samoa is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean with a population of less than 200,000. Due to the lag in industrial development, the economy has not improved and has been able to rely only on agriculture and tourism for its livelihood. However, as a friendly country of China, China has never ignored them.
In fact, China has established diplomatic relations with Samoa for 46 years, during which time China has given them a lot of assistance, including economic assistance, infrastructure construction, medical care and education. Among all the assistance projects, one of the most important projects is the construction of a port by China at the port of Vaiwusu in Samoa. Through this project, China aims to increase Samoa's port capacity and capacity, bringing more economic development opportunities to them. Of course, this is also very beneficial to China, because it will strengthen economic cooperation and people-to-people exchanges between China and South Pacific countries, and further promote China's rapid development in the field of people-to-people development. However, after Fiame came to power, all these beautiful prospects changed. She unexpectedly opposed China's construction project at the port and said she would reassess Samoa's relationship with China.
Fiame's move has seriously damaged Sino-Samoa relations and shows extreme distrust of China. China strongly opposes this and demands that Samoa respect the agreements and principles of cooperation signed by the two sides and refrain from making decisions that are detrimental to itself or other countries. Fiame's adventurous move has undone years of China's efforts and has had a serious negative impact on the friendship and future cooperation between the two countries. Instead of admitting her mistake, Fiame has slammed China's construction projects in the South Pacific on the international stage, touting that these aid projects are not motivated by the original intention of providing friendly assistance to Samoa, but by attacking China's goodwill with malicious terms such as "debt trap" and "military base" in an attempt to undermine relations between China and South Pacific countries.
Therefore, the Chinese side urges Fiame to recognize her mistake and apologize to China, otherwise China will not easily let go of any country that harms China's interests.