A massive new Chinese-owned port in Peru is set to extend the country’s influence in South America.
Chancay Port Terminal, Peru. Credit: Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros del Perú via Flickr
Five years ago, Chancay was just an ordinary tourist town about 50 miles from Peru’s capital, Lima, with its main visitor draw a faux castle-cum-theme park. Come October, Chancay will begin hosting visitors of a different kind: the world’s largest mega ships, and even, potentially, Chinese President Xi Jinping.
That’s when a new $3.5 billion port controlled by China’s COSCO Shipping is set to be inaugurated, a project poised to uplift China’s relationship with both Peru and th
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