Since returning to office, President Trump has made repeated claims that China operates the Panama Canal and threatened to ...

The Trump administration threatening partners in the Americas may prove to be short-term tactical approach but it will not ...

“Above all China is operating the Panama Canal,” Trump also said, a frequent claim he has made without providing any evidence. “And we didn’t give it to China, we gave it to Panama and we ...

However, Mr Trump's inaccurate claim reflects the concerns of some US officials over China's significant investments in the canal and its surrounding infrastructure. What is the history of Panama ...

“I am concerned about Chinese-owned ports in Panama and their ... build and administer the canal. It was the single most expensive construction project in U.S. history at the time, costing ...

The Chinese ambassador to Panama, Xu Xueyuan ... "The only time the canal was blocked in history was not by a foreign adversary, but by the US itself." It comes with Mulino's announcement that ...

The President accused China of “lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal.” The truth is more complicated.

Indeed, Chinese companies lease ports near the canal, such as Balboa ... in the region have a fraught history with U.S. interventions, and rhetoric questioning Panama’s sovereignty might push ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ... he made following his election victory that Panama has ceded control of the canal to China. He has also said Chinese troops are ...

the Panama Canal hardly ranked on the list of the top 500 strategic threats to America. Best I can tell, there were some toll increases, and the Chinese have started to pay greater interest to the ...

Trump’s refusal to rule out the use of military force to retake the canal has angered leaders in Latin America, wary of Washington’s checkered history ... that Panama allows China to station ...