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🚨Breaking: Is 🇨🇳China About to Block the $23B Panama Ports Deal?
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🚨Breaking: Is 🇨🇳China About to Block the $23B Panama Ports Deal?

🔥 10 Questions & Answers That Reveal China’s $23B Ports Power Play!

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Aug 02, 2025
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🔥 Greetings, Maritime Mavericks!

According to a Wall Street Journal exclusive, a $23 billion global ports deal faces a critical threat.

China’s state-owned Cosco Shipping demands a stake. If excluded, Beijing is ready to block the entire transaction using regulatory pressure.

The deal involves 43 ports across 23 countries—including two key terminals near the Panama Canal, a vital global trade chokepoint handling 5% of world commerce.

This isn’t just business—it’s a power struggle over control of maritime infrastructure and global shipping routes.

Here’s everything you need to know in 10 sharp questions.

  • 1️⃣ What is being sold?

  • 2️⃣ Who is selling?

  • 3️⃣ Who are the buyers?

  • 4️⃣ Why is China angry?

  • 5️⃣ What does China demand?

  • 6️⃣ How could China block it?

  • 7️⃣ Has China done this before?

  • 8️⃣ Why is Panama Canal strategic?

  • 9️⃣ How is the US reacting?

  • 🔟 What’s the deadline?

Let’s reveal them all…

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1️⃣ What is being sold?
43 ports in 23 countries—including 2 near the Panama Canal—worth $23B.

2️⃣ Who is selling?
Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison, owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing.

3️⃣ Who are the buyers?
BlackRock (US finance giant) and MSC (world’s #1 container shipping firm).

4️⃣ Why is China angry?

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