BEIJING — China strongly criticized on Monday the weekend demolition by Panamanian authorities of a monument to Beijing’s contributions to the Panama Canal. The monument was torn down on Saturday on the orders of the mayor’s office in Arraijan, a locality near the canal’s Pacific entrance. China has major investments in Panama, where the United States under President Donald Trump has threatened to retake control of the key waterway that links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. READ: China likely to bid on building new Panama Canal ports “China deplores the forced demolition by relevant local authorities in Panama of a […]... Keep on reading: Beijing slams 'forced demolition' of Chinese monument at Panama Canal