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China Tries Tightening Its Grip On Panama Canal
Chinese government officials are working to shore up their country’s grip over the Panama Canal, the South China Morning Post reported, as a battle over influence in the key waterway intensifies with Washington. Chinese…
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About South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post (SCMP), with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a Hong Kong–based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group. Founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, it has remained Hong Kong's newspaper of record since British colonial rule. Editor-in-chief Tammy Tam succeeded Wang Xiangwei in 2016. The SCMP prints paper editions in Hong Kong and operates an online news website that is blocked in mainland China.
Everything about South China Morning Post →- Country
- People's Republic of China, British Hong Kong
- Headquarters
- Hong Kong
- Inception
- November 6, 1903
- Website
- http://scmp.com, https://www.scmp.com/, http://www.scmp.com/