China dominates the global market for “rare earth” minerals crucial for everything from stealth jets to smartphones.

Recovering the Panama Canal, on the other hand, involves stepping into the hornet’s nest of Latin America’s nationalistic ...

Beijing’s efforts to expand its reach in the country have hit several obstacles, in part because of American pressure.

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s threat to take back the Panama Canal may be posturing, but it could dampen the Panamanian ...

Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the U ...

The U.S. has long invested heavily in Latin America and the Carribean, but China is South America’s biggest trading partner and benefactor. As part of its Belt and Road initiative, it is increasingly ...

Trump's claim that Chinese soldiers exercise authority over the Panama Canal is inaccurate, but his assertion that China ...

Chinese companies operate ports on both ends of the Panama Canal and invest in mining in Greenland. Read more at straitstimes ...

Over decades, a shift in US military strategy, larger carriers and the growth of commerce on the West Coast deemphasized US ...

President-elect Trump is right to support the Monroe Doctrine. But to keep Xi Jinping out of America's backyard, the next ...

The US is the biggest user of the Canal, but influence on its operations is dispersed among contracts with bidders ...

Panama is part of a bigger piece of real estate that Mr Trump has his eye on. He wants to influence territory and ...