They don’t legally own the Panama Canal, but as we’ve seen, politicians are sellouts. With the Panama Papers, we know there’s a lot of bullshit down there.
There are multiple generations of Chinese there due to immigration to work. Source is a Panamanian friend who’s grandfather was Chinese. 4% of the population has Chinese descent.
Chinese investment continues to grow there and Panama sided with Beijing over Taiwan a few years back. So Lin is dumb to make general statements but the Chinese are all over Panama. They own multiple ports there, so you know they have serious influence.
They don’t legally own the Panama Canal, but as we’ve seen, politicians are sellouts. With the Panama Papers, we know there’s a lot of bullshit down there.
There are multiple generations of Chinese there due to immigration to work. Source is a Panamanian friend who’s grandfather was Chinese. 4% of the population has Chinese descent.
Chinese investment continues to grow there and Panama sided with Beijing over Taiwan a few years back. So Lin is dumb to make general statements but the Chinese are all over Panama. They own multiple ports there, so you know they have serious influence.
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