What China Wants in Panama: More Trade, Projects and Influence
Jan 15, 2025 · China proposed to build a 250-mile high-speed rail line from Panama City, the capital, toward the western border with Costa Rica. It offered to help build a new subway line in Panama City.
Does China 'operate' Panama Canal, as Trump says? - BBC News
2 days ago · "China is operating the Panama Canal and we didn't give it to China. We gave it to Panama and we're taking it back," he said. The 51-mile (82km) Panama Canal cuts across the Central American ...
Trump says China controls the Panama Canal - NBC News
1 day ago · Panama strongly rebuked Trump’s comments, with President José Raúl Mulino saying the canal “is and will continue to be Panama’s.” Mulino also rejected Trump’s claim that China controls ...
The Chinese Interests in the Panama Canal – Newsroom Panama
18 hours ago · In recent years, China has spent billions of dollars developing infrastructure around the canal and elsewhere in Panama. In 2016, China’s Landbridge Group secured a $900-million contract to manage the port of Margarita, Panama’s largest, located not far from the Atlantic entrance to the canal. The scale of Chinese investment shows that ...
The US is right to be concerned about China’s influence over the Panama …
Jan 9, 2025 · The Panama Canal’s origins and US intervention are inextricably intertwined. After failed negotiations with Colombia, the United States pivoted to support Panamanian independence in 1903, with President Theodore Roosevelt employing “gun boat diplomacy” to deter Colombian resistance to the movement. The reward for military support and US recognition of the Republic of Panama was the Hay ...
China–Panama relations - Wikipedia
China–Panama relations are the bilateral relationships between the People's Republic of China and Republic of Panama. Relations between Panama and the Qing dynasty began in 1909 and modern relations between Panama and the Beiyang government of …
In Pursuing Canal, Trump Could Push Panama Closer to China
Jan 15, 2025 · Today, Panama holds special strategic significance for China because of the canal, but Beijing has been working to expand its influence in Latin America, and among developing countries more broadly.
‘Frustrated and powerless’: In fight with China for ... - POLITICO
Oct 23, 2022 · In Panama, a bridge to connect the country highlights China’s growing diplomatic presence and sway, while the U.S. goes four-and-a-half years without an ambassador.
China’s Uneven Military, Political, and Commercial Advance in Panama …
Mar 25, 2023 · Since establishing ties in 2017, China has invested significant effort in Panama and made important, if uneven, progress in building influence. From March 12-18, I traveled to Panama to...
Panama: China’s Strategic Hub - Diálogo Américas
Mar 29, 2024 · “China has turned Panama into a geographic and commercial concentration center or strategic hub for its political, commercial, and military advance in the region,” Euclides Tapia, professor at the School of International Relations of the University of Panama, told Diálogo.