Do the Chinese really control the Panama Canal as described in REAP THE WHIRLWIND?
The Chinese government through an arrangement between COSCO (Chinas maritime shipping conglomerate), Hutchinson-Whampoa and the Panama Ports Company controls the Panama Canal. The relationship described in REAP THE WHIRLWIND is based on congressional testimony. It should be noted that President Carter negotiated the Panama Canal deal and the 1994 framework agreement with North Korea. Considering the strategic and geo-political problems of these two agreements, I am not sure we can tolerate further assistance from our former presidents. In REAP THE WHIRLWIND, I took a page out of history and suggested that Chinese DF-21 missiles could reach southeastern United States if launched from the Canal Zone. This is the Cuban missile crisis all over again except the bad guys are better armed. The only reason this would be possible is if China decided to militarize the Canal Zone. There have been rumors that a certain amount of this is taking place. Since SOUTHCOM has moved from the Canal to Miam
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