Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings has defended the contract that has allowed it to run two ports at the Panama Canal since 1997, saying the concession was “validly executed and approved by law” and denying it failed to pay more than US$1 billion to the country, as had been claimed in a sweeping financial audit….
A decades-old concession giving Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings control of ports at either end of the Panama Canal carries deep constitutional consequences for the country’s sovereignty, two lawyers challenging the contract have told the Post. The action, filed by lawyers Norman Castro and Julio Macias with the country’s Supreme Court, targets the law that…
Syria slammed Israeli attacks as a “flagrant violation” of its sovereignty after deadly bombardment Tuesday in the country’s south, where Israel’s military said it responded to incoming fire. Syria slams ‘flagrant’ Israeli violation after deadly bombardment The violence near the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights followed Israeli air strikes in central Syria, the…
China expelled a Philippine plane that “illegally intruded” into the airspace over a contested South China Sea shoal on Thursday, according to the China Coast Guard. “A C-208 plane illegally invaded the airspace of China’s Huangyan Island on Thursday,” coastguard spokesman Liu Dejun said on Friday, using the Chinese name for Scarborough Shoal. “The Chinese…
Beijing has vowed to take “resolute countermeasures” to defend its sovereignty following US approval of US$385 million in arms sales to Taiwan. The foreign ministry said on Sunday that the US decision was an infringement of China’s sovereignty and would harm relations between the two countries. It urged the United States to immediately stop arming…
Hong Kong will hold a citywide contest next month to name two giant pandas gifted by Beijing before they meet the public in December, the chief executive has said. City leader John Lee Ka-chiu also said on Tuesday the pair would need 30 days of quarantine upon their arrival and another month to adapt to…