Panama the new flashpoint in China's growing presence in Latin America

A spat over the site of China’s embassy has underlined the strategic value of the canal – through which two-thirds of ships to or from the US pass

Jutting four kilometres into the Pacific, the Amador causeway islands separate the concrete and glass skyline of Panama City from the soaring iron arch of the Bridge of the Americas – under which 40 cargo ships pass each day en route to or from the Panama Canal.

Linked to the mainland by a slender causeway, these strategic outcrops are home to a handful of derelict buildings once used to house US military personnel.

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