Two other countries in South America are looking at the possibility of providing alternatives to the Panama Canal. One is Nicaragua and the other is Mexico. There are problems to surmount of course, and the media is already throwing cold water on these two projects now undergoing feasibility studies.
Even the construction of the Panama Canal had been highly problematic, with France giving up midway and USA taking over. 25,000 lives were lost during the construction period which stretched over three decades, imagine 30 long years. That was during a period where highly sophisticated construction equipment was non-existent, with only steam driven machinery available towards the later stages, unlike today. So, such an undertaking today will be very much easier.
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. If the USA takes control of the Panama Canal, countries in the region will give serious thought to having an alternative. If China wants to go in to play the game, knowing what it means with the Panama Canal under USA control, nothing is an impossibility.
Never push China to do what it does not now dominate. It will be too late to regret.
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Is that a reason why Trump is paranoid and wants to invade Mexico to prevent the building of an alternative to the Panama Canal?
The construction of the Panama Canal may have taken three decades, without the modern-day machinery and using raw manpower alone. If China does step in to build alternatives, with all its expertise, experience and machinery at its disposal, three to five years should be enough for the idea to bear fruit.
Domestically, China had already proven its prowess in building canals over and across very difficult terrains, for thousands of miles, to divert rivers to drier and desert regions that lacks water. By the end of Trump's Presidency, there could even already be an alternative to the Panama Canal, and Trump can just sit beside the Panama Canal venting his frustration with China once again.
Whan a push becomes a shove; China may be forced to do what it is now less willing to do, when the USA takes control of the Panama Canal and places restrictions of Chinese ships navigating between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans or raise charges that makes such transit impossible for Chinese ships.
Never try to poke the dragon in the eye, as it is liable to breathe fire and brimstone.
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