Chinese and U.S. representatives clashed on Monday at a U.N. Security Council meeting over the Panama Canal amid an ongoing battle over control of the waterway that connects the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.
Acting U.S. Ambassador Dorothy Shea raised concerns about Beijing’s “outsized influence” in the area, while Chinese Ambassador Fu Cong denied that Chinese influence on the ports has affected the neutrality of the canal.
The clash took place at a U.N. Security Council meeting on maritime security, where the chair of the meeting, Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino, stressed the neutrality of the canal and his country’s ownership of the waterway….
US, China Clash at UN Meeting Over Panama Canal
