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25.10.25 - 05:06
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China Envisions ′Dry Canal′ To Compete With Panama Canal (ZeroHedge)
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China Envisions 'Dry Canal' To Compete With Panama Canal
Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
In response to the Trump administration's new U.S. policy of reasserting control over the Panama Canal, China and Brazil are exploring the possibility of building a transcontinental railway to provide an advantageous alternative to the Panama Canal. The proposed rail system would potentially run from Brazil's Atlantic coast, perhaps Ilhéus, Bahia, to Peru's Pacific coast at Chancay.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (L) talks to Chinese Ambassador to Brazil Zhu Qingqiao at the Palacio do Planalto in Brasilia on Feb. 3, 2023. Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images
The project, known as the Central Bi-Oceanic Railway Corridor (CRBC), has been in consideration since at least 2017. Other proposed projects of a similar nature and objectives have been considered since at least 2013. There are other terms applied to the transoceanic railway project, but essentially, th...
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