Efi Gana
(Analyst at the Epoch Times in Greece)
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The court ruling against CK Hutchison exposes the U.S.–China strategic confrontation and the limits of Chinese influence
Panama’s Supreme Court has annulled the concession contracts for two pivotal ports of the Panama Canal—Balboa on the Pacific side and Cristóbal on the Atlantic—both of which were under the control of Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of the Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison group.
The court ruled that the laws under which the port concessions had been granted were unconstitutional, effectively ending decades of Chinese-linked involvement at the gateways of the world’s most strategic maritime route.... Read more