China’s Influence, Leverage, and Regional Balancing in Asia China’s increasing engagement in multilateral institutions, ...

While the proposed hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River has sparked concerns in India, from China’s perspective it ...

China on lashed out at what it called U.S. “coercion” after Panama declined to renew a key infrastructure agreement with ...

Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama ...

During his inauguration speech, he pledged to "build the strongest military the world has ever seen" and also turned his attention to the Panama Canal. "China is operating the Panama Canal ...

Rubio added that “if China wanted to obstruct traffic in the Panama Canal, they could” and that would be a violation of the 1977 treaty signed by former President Jimmy Carter under which the ...

Another important regional player is the Philippines, which has been engaged in a long-standing dispute ... Influence in the Canal (Pictured above is Xi Jinping of China to the left and former ...

Marco Rubio, as the new U.S. Secretary of State, will visit Panama amid concerns over China's growing influence on the Panama Canal. President Trump's claim that China has control of the canal has ...

The new administration's immigration crackdown is likely to be among the top issues during talks, but US President Donald Trump's claim that the Central American nation had ceded control of the Panama ...

Yet, China’s growing commercial ties to Panama and the region have fueled U.S. concerns about Beijing’s broader role in global shipping and port operations. The fifty-one-mile long canal ...

US senators heard sharply different analyses about Chinese influence over the Panama Canal on Wednesday, with some experts suggesting solutions ranging from enhanced trade partnerships to military ...

which they say China has taken the lead on. Cruz said the Panama Canal proved a "truly invaluable asset" sparing both cargo ships and warships the long journey around South America. "When ...