Implausible Deniability on Nostr: Everyone familiar with the matter knew that already, but this proves that the ports ...
Everyone familiar with the matter knew that already, but this proves that the ports in Panama that Trump said were "controlled by China" actually weren't since Beijing is calling the decision to sell them a "betrayal". 
The ports were owned by CK Hutchison Holdings, a company founded by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing (at one point the richest man in Asia).
Under pressure from Trump, Hutchison Holdings is selling the ports to Blackrock, a company whose CEO Larry Fink has a close personal relationship with Trump and who went to the White House during the negotiations.
The opposite isn't true given that Beijing obviously disapproves of the deal, with Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office sharing on its official website an article calling the deal a “betrayal of all Chinese people” and describing it as a “hegemonic act” by the US using its national power to encroach on the legitimate rights and interests of other countries through “despicable means”.
The irony is that while Trump falsely portrayed a Hong Kong company as being "China," BlackRock is now functioning as an extension of "the US" in precisely the way he accused Hutchison of being for China. The proof is clear: Beijing was obviously taken by surprise by the deal, as evidenced by their angry reaction. If Hutchison had been acting as an arm of the Chinese government as Trump claimed, such a sale would never have happened without Beijing's approval.
Src: scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
The ports were owned by CK Hutchison Holdings, a company founded by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing (at one point the richest man in Asia).
Under pressure from Trump, Hutchison Holdings is selling the ports to Blackrock, a company whose CEO Larry Fink has a close personal relationship with Trump and who went to the White House during the negotiations.
The opposite isn't true given that Beijing obviously disapproves of the deal, with Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office sharing on its official website an article calling the deal a “betrayal of all Chinese people” and describing it as a “hegemonic act” by the US using its national power to encroach on the legitimate rights and interests of other countries through “despicable means”.
The irony is that while Trump falsely portrayed a Hong Kong company as being "China," BlackRock is now functioning as an extension of "the US" in precisely the way he accused Hutchison of being for China. The proof is clear: Beijing was obviously taken by surprise by the deal, as evidenced by their angry reaction. If Hutchison had been acting as an arm of the Chinese government as Trump claimed, such a sale would never have happened without Beijing's approval.
Src: scmp.com/news/hong-kong…