China’s President Xi Digitally Inaugurates Beijing-funded Changkai Grand Port

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday 11/14 inaugurated the new Grand Port of Changkai, near Lima, the first major port terminal in South America funded by China – a symbol of its growing influence in the region. The Chinese leader digitally inaugurated this port, with the president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, at his side at the presidential palace, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. “We must work together to build, manage and exploit the port of Changkai,” Xi Jinping summed up, adding that his desire is to “promote the connectivity of South America and China.” “We are a reliable partner and today, with the inauguration of the great port of Changkai, we confirm it,” said the Peruvian president during the ceremony. In its first year of operation, one million containers are expected to pass through this port, the construction of which was undertaken by Cosco Shipping Ports, owner […]
Source: News Beast

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