China opening new trade route in West coast of South America

 China is investing heavily in Chancay Port in Northern Peru. China already had footholds in dozens of South American ports.

Chancay Port will be a game changer for maritime trade between China and South American countries. Chancay will be transformed into a deep water container port where ultra large vessels are able to call. The USA's blockading of the Panama and Suez Canals and the Straits of Malacca will no longer be a matter of survival for China in times of war.

Moreover, ships to and from Chinese ports will save weeks of sailing time across the Pacific Ocean, instead of the longer journey of circumnavigating the Panama Canal. With China's help in building up Chancay Port's infrastructure and deepening its waters for larger ships, even Brazil will benefit tremendously in its export trade, instead of using ports on its Eastern shoreline and travelling a longer distance to reach Asia.

China is exploring every corner of the world to find alternative routes for trade and away from possible USA blockades. The Isthmus of Kra project is still not firmly decided, and the Nicaragua alternative to the Panama Canal is still under consideration. That Canal, if constructed is equally important for South American countries trading with Europe. Of course, the USA is against all this development, as it is losing its strategic objective of using its naval power to blockade essential waterways. China looks ten to twenty years down the road, while the USA looks no further than its nose.

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