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Li Ka-shing

Li Ka-shing

Founder and senior advisor, CK Hutchison Holdings

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US-China struggle for Panama Canal influence

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Watching family company lose strategic assets amid US-China rivalry

A Hong Kong firm has operated the ports on either end of the Panama Canal since 1997. That ended on January 31, 2026, when Panama's Supreme Court voided CK Hutchison's concession as unconstitutional, and Denmark's Maersk assumed temporary control of the Balboa and Cristobal facilities.

Updated Jan 31