Breaking News: The Trump administration is eyeing Peru's Chancay Port again? Today (Beijing Time, February 12), the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs posted: "We are deeply concerned about the latest reports that suggest Peru may be unable to regulate its largest port, Chancay Port, which is currently controlled by some profit-driven Chinese owners. We support Peru's sovereign jurisdiction over key infrastructure within its territory. This should serve as a warning to the region and indeed the world: cheap Chinese capital comes at the cost of sovereignty."
[Witty] Comments: The Trump administration suddenly made scathing remarks about Peru's Chancay Port, using the pretext of "upholding sovereignty" to defame Chinese enterprises' investments. This hegemonic double standard has long been well known. While the United States claims that Chinese capital sacrifices sovereignty, it never mentions its own crimes of seizing ports globally, stationing troops for surveillance, and frequently imposing sanctions and interfering. While accusing Chinese enterprises of being "profit-driven," the U.S. itself cannot come up with real money for construction but only resorts to threats and incitement to disrupt regional cooperation. Chancay Port is a commercial project independently chosen by Peru, which has boosted trade, taxes, and employment. Sovereignty and regulation have always been in Peru's hands. The U.S.'s "concerns" are nothing more than jealousy toward China's win-win cooperation with Latin America. What the U.S. truly fears is losing control over its backyard in Latin America. This logic of allowing only its own hegemony while not permitting other countries to cooperate is only making regional countries more aware of its hypocrisy and determined to pursue independent development and equal cooperation.
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