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The Chinese government owns many ports in the world, directly or through government controlled companies. No big deal?
When American warships needed fuel and protection in Hong Kong's harbor, China said no. Stay out. No explanation.
The admirals said China’s refusal to lend assistance to the
minesweepers was a worrisome repudiation of historical principles
calling on all nations to assist ships in danger at sea.
Hutchinson Whampoa Limited, the
holding company of billionaire Li Ka-shing, owns ports on Mexico's
Pacific coast, both ends of the Panama Canal, and many others in the
world. Commentator Jerome Corsi writes:
According to a declassified U.S.
government intelligence report that Judicial Watch obtained in a
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, “Li is directly connected to
Beijing and is willing to use his business influence to further the
aims of the Chinese Government.”
From the company's website:
Hutchison's achievements include being:
* the world's leading port investor, developer and operator
with 46 ports across Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and
Africa.
The U.S. Defense Department has designated many of those ports strategic.
What
happens when China picks and chooses who can use those ports? The
actions will probably be more subtle, however. Plausible
deniability.
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