Donald Trump has begun his second term as president by ramping up pressure on Panama – threatening to “take back” the Panama Canal and accusing the country of ceding control of the ...

Billionaire Richard Li's efforts to expand his insurance business into mainland China have been put on hold after Beijing ...

Billionaire Richard Li’s talks to expand his insurance business into mainland China have stalled after Beijing reacted with ...

China and Panama deny there is any interference in running the critical waterway, whose neutrality experts say has been vital to its success.

In 2017, China scored a major victory when Panama cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the self-governing island that China claims as its territory, and recognized Beijing instead.

China has delayed a Hong Kong-based conglomerate from completing a $23 billion sale of dozens of ports-- including two key ports in the Panama Canal.

The United States will not allow China to jeopardize the operations of the Panama Canal, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned during a visit to the Central American nation on Tuesday. Hegseth ...

China's influence on the Panama Canal is a major risk to U.S. national security, Sen. Ted Cruz told lawmakers during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill.

Trump can’t blame Panama for doing business with the Chinese; for the last two decades, successive U.S. administrations – including Trump’s – have allowed China’s economic influence to ...

“Above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back,” Trump claimed in his inaugural speech last month.