The 10-person detail was to be armed with pistols, rifles, two machine guns and a sniper rifle to protect Chinese embassy
, fuelled in part by anger over prime the minister, Manasseh Sogavare’s, decision to switch the country’s diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China. However, other issues, including tensions between two of the largest provinces in the country and economic hardship were also at play.
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