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Chinese anger at sale of Panama Canal ports to US investor highlights tensions between the two superpowers

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par Maria Ryan, Associate Professor in US History, University of Nottingham

When Hong Kong-listed conglomerate CK Hutchison announced it was selling its two port concessions on the Panama Canal to a US consortium led by New York-based giant BlackRock, the Chinese government issued a strongly worded rebuke.

Through government-backed newspaper Ta Kung Pao, Beijing accused the US of forcing the deal “through despicable means”, and claimed…

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