TCT-FC-PANAMA-CHINA · Foreign policy
China operates the Panama Canal
Claim summary
China operates the Panama Canal
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2025-01-20; occurrence documented in the linked FactCheck.org report.
What the evidence shows
Panama’s canal authority operates the canal. A Hong Kong-based company’s port operations at either end did not amount to Chinese operation of the waterway.
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