Beijing’s Port Predicament
The Chinese government risks sending a harmful message about Hong Kong companies’ independence amid the row over the future of the Panama Canal’s ports.
Sam Goodman is Senior Policy Director at the China Strategic Risks Institute and the co-founder of the New Diplomacy Project, a think tank which informs the Labour Party in Britain’s foreign policy. Previously he was the Policy and Advocacy Director at Hong Kong Watch, and he worked as a political adviser to the Labour Party and a parliamentary researcher.