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China summons Panama’s envoy after BRI exit amid US pressure on canal control
Following US President Donald Trump’s threat to take back the Panama Canal, China has summoned Panama’s ambassador to the country to pull out of the multi-billion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Zhao Zhiyuan …