SYDNEY (AFP) - Solomon Islands said on Thursday (Aug 18) that it had secured a US$66 million (S$92 million) loan from China to fund tech giant Huawei building 161 telecommunications towers across the Pacific nation. The deal marks the first financing the islands country has received from Beijing since it signed a secretive security pact in April, following the severing of diplomatic links to Taiwan. The Solomons' government said the deal was a "historical financial partnership" that comes after it restored ties with Beijing in 2019. But the Solomons' growing financial and security links to China have roused concern from...