China’s Guangzhou Port Starts Shipping Route To Peru
April 29th, 2025
Via Reuters, a report on growing logistics connections between China and Peru: China’s Guangzhou Port, the largest shipping hub in the country’s south, opened a direct route to Chancay port in Peru on Tuesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, a move it said would reduce logistics costs and bolster trade with Latin America. Located north of […]
Read more »Why China’s Port Play Has Trump So Up In Arms
January 24th, 2025
Via Asia Times, a look at how China has invested billions in 129 ports worldwide, raising concerns the Belt and Road Initiative is quietly being weaponized: On his way to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro in November, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to officially open a new US$3.6 billion deepwater […]
Read more »South America’s ‘Made In China’ Megaport Prepares To Transform Trade
November 13th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on how aBeijing-backed project in Peru poses strategic challenge to US as Donald Trump prepares to take office in January: Ahead of the ribbon-cutting at the Port of Chancay — a Chinese-built megaport on Peru’s Pacific coast that is set to transform regional trade — Chinese-made ZPMC unmanned […]
Read more »Peru New Megaport: Beijing’s ‘Playbook’ For Large Overseas Infrastructure Projects
November 9th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Peru’s new Chinese-built megaport: Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to inaugurate the $1.3bn Chancay port on the Pacific coast when he visits Peru for a summit in mid-November, amid growing concerns among US security officials that the facility’s size, depth and strategic location make it suitable […]
Read more »China’s Expanding Influence in Peru: Balancing Economic Opportunities and Sovereignty
October 10th, 2024
Via The Asia Live, a report on China’s growing influence in Peru: Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to inaugurate the Chancay Port, a monumental infrastructure project located just 44 miles north of Lima, by the end of this year. This $3.6 billion mega-port, developed by China’s state-owned COSCO Shipping, will reshape the economic landscape […]
Read more »China’s Port Power
August 25th, 2024
Via The Wire, a report on a massive new Chinese-owned port in Peru that is set to extend the country’s influence in South America: Chancay Port Terminal, Peru. Credit: Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros del Perú via Flickr Five years ago, Chancay was just an ordinary tourist town about 50 miles from Peru’s capital, Lima, with its […]
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