National Security and Critical Infrastructure

The U.S. warned that a Peruvian court decision limiting oversight of the Chinese-operated Chancay port risks Peru losing sovereignty, with the State Department calling the port’s Chinese owners “predatory” and saying “cheap Chinese money costs sovereignty.” China rejected the criticism as smearing, while analysts including Gordon Chang and Jack Burnham warned the ruling effectively cements Chinese control over a strategically important regional port that Beijing could restrict in a crisis.