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Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes

  • Written by Dylan Spencer, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Georgia Southern University
imageThe silhouettes of the container cranes in the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Feb. 24, 2026.Martin Bernetti/ AFP via Getty Images

In late February 2026, the Panamanian government took control of two ports in the Panama Canal that had been operated by a Hong Kong conglomerate for two decades. The move is the latest in a long-simmering legal battle...

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