Special report: Situation gets tense in Solomon Islands

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Opposition party apologizes to Chinese Solomon Islanders

    WELLINGTON, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for the Opposition Party of Solomon Islands, Gordon Darcy Lilo, said Wednesday his party has written a letter of apology to Chinese Solomon Islanders who left island following riots.

Chinese back home after nightmare in Solomons

    GUANGZHOU, April 25 (Xinhua) -- After a six-hour flight and nearly four-hours on a bumpy bus, Ma Peizhu finally saw her parents' grey-brick house on the outskirt of Taishan, a southern Chinese city and the ancestral home of generations of overseas Chinese.

Chinese nationals back home safe and sound

    GUANGZHOU, April 25 (Xinhua) -- With the arrival of the second group of 310 overseas Chinese evacuees from the unrest-hit Solomon Islands early Tuesday morning, China has evacuated a total of 325 Chinese nationals safe and sound to the motherland.

37 HK compatriots back to HK

    HONG KONG, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-seven Hong Kong residents and their relatives who were evacuated from riot-torn Solomon Islands arrived in Hong Kong from Guangzhou Tuesday afternoon.   

China conducts Large-scale evacuation of overseas Chinese from Solomon Islands

    BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- About 310 overseas Chinese, including 21 from Hong Kong, are expected to arrive in Guangzhou from the Solomon Islands by a chartered flight in the small hours of Tuesday, which is the largest one ever held in nearly 20 years.  

Overseas Chinese back home from Solomon Islands

A female overseas Chinese (C) holds her child after arriving in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province on early morning, April 25, 2006. Altogether 310 overseas Chinese including 21 Hong Kong compatriots evacuated from the riot-torn Solomon Islands arrived here on Tuesday morning. (Xinhua Photo)

    BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Altogether 310 overseas Chinese including 21 Hong Kong compatriots evacuated from the riot-torn Solomon Islands arrived in Guangzhou City in South China's Guangdong Province at 00:29 Tuesday morning. 

Chinese evacuaees from Solomon Islands leave for China

    CANBERRA, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Three hundred and ten Chinese evacuated from the strife-torn Solomon Islands left for China Monday afternoon from Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby onboard a chartered Boeing-777.

Plane set to fetch overseas Chinese in Solomon Islands

    GUANGZHOU, April 24 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday sent a chartered plane to Papua New Guinea to carry back home the Chinese nationals and people of Chinese origin in the riot-haunted Solomon Islands.

Hu calls to ensure safety of Chinese citizens in Solomon

    BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday instructed the Foreign Ministry as well as Chinese embassies and consulates to Papua New Guinea and other countries to take measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens in Solomon Islands and help them tide over the current hardships facing them. 

Chinese citizens advised not to travel to Solomon Islands

    BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry has warned its citizens not to travel to the Solomon Islands until the country's situation has eased. 

Overseas Chinese fly back from Solomon Islands

The first batch of 13 overseas Chinese have flown back to Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province.

    BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of 13 overseas Chinese have flown back to Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, from the Solomon Islands to escape the recent riots. 

Evacuation of Chinese underway in strife-torn Solomon Islands

    CANBERRA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has started to evacuate Chinese from the riots-torn Solomon Islands, with the first chartered plane landing in Port Moresby of Papua New Guinea on Saturday night.

China takes all measures to protect its people in Solomon Islands

    BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government is taking all measures to ensure the safety of the Chinese residents in the Solomon Islands suffering unrest, Chinese Foreign Ministry said here Friday night.

China to secure safety of compatriots in Solomon Islands

    BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government will take every measure possible to secure the safety, lives and property of Chinese people in the Solomon Islands, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Thursday.

Chinese Embassy in PNG aids Chinese in Solomon Islands

    WELLINGTON, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Embassy in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been taking urgent measures to provide assistance to the overseas Chinese in Solomon Islands, the riot-torn South Pacific state.

HK residents reminded about personal safety in Solomon Islands

    HONG KONG, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Security Bureau reminds Hong Kong residents Thursday to watch out for the latest developments in the Solomon Islands and pay attention to personal safety in view of the riots there.