A deep-water port located in Chancay, Peru, is set to transform the country’s Pacific coast and connect South America directly to Asia. The $3.6 billion project has been largely funded by China, providing them with an economic foothold in the region. NBC News’ Keir Simmons reports on how the project will reshape Pacific trade.
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China is FAR more worthy of trust than the USA and its allies are.
China builds a port in Peru, NOT AMERICA’S “backyard” and Israhell sent weapons to the butcher Augusto Pinochet Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990. Know history?
funny because US is everywhere close to Russia, China, North Korea, Iran. I don’t think China assassinate leaders of other countries.
why does it raise concerns? do you think china is going to attempt to invade peru??? HAHAHAAHAHA DOUBTFUL.
Because China uses these ports as military bases, as they are preparing for was with the US.
ANY powerful country will try to use a port deal like this to manipulate the smaller country for the benefit of the larger country. It’s that simple. Making deals like this entails risk for the smaller country, brings benefits, and the deal may create problems or benefits for other countries as well. Is that hard to understand? Change brings risks. With this port now giving China the chance to project their Navy, that is a concern for people who have the responsibility of understanding that risk (including citizens of all affected countries).
could you possibly provide a more vague answer? @bruzote
You cannot be serious 🤣🤣🤣@D Light
Why is it the US’ business? Didn’t the USA say Ukraine is a sovereign state that doesn’t need permission from Russia for anything? Peru is a sovereign state that doesn’t need permission from the USA.
The US has NOT invaded Peru. The US has NOT declared any special rights here. It seems you can’t read or think clearly. Are you dain-bramaged?
Crazy to think you could of built 25 of these ports for the amount of money just given to Ukraine. 🤷♂️
you know money gets paid back right? countries are still paying the usa back from helping with WWII
It’s not given bro. Nothing is free. Except there time us donate. Sure. But many they must pay back.
@Chris Hruska forgive my ignorance that’s good then didn’t realise it was a loan. Hopefully knock the 33 trillion in debt down a bit! How are they going to pay it back? considering the country’s been flattened and everyone’s dead.
Joe would want 2 ports for himself out of it, so more like 22 ports…
@Mikey Pwell the tax cut that Trump gave the rich didn’t help either did it? Now all of a sudden Republicans are worried about the debt. But Trump added more to the debt than anybody. But that doesn’t matter to you.
Western warmongers don’t like these. They will make war in Peru
they are taking over the WORLD and in the Future,..they WILL invade the USA alomg with RUSSIA which will be HUGE after it takes over UKRAINE the two best friends have HATED the USA for YEARS and will never STOP
So China is building ports and electricity grid and it is a concern? NBC is full horse manure…
Rich people being angry with other rich people for making more billions than them.
It’s national security having large docks like this can refuel Chinese warships
@waynethegreat23 so? Nothing to fear if it not smoke
@Wayne Paul – It’s also about China getting its tentacles deeper into Peruvian infrastructure, finance, and politics.
We only have usa isolationism to blame for china outpacing us and its largely republicans and libertarians saying this so stop we need to invest in our friends and ourselves its not a choice to tell our friends to fend for themselves china will help anyone we don’t
Peru has to pay that money back to China or else China will seize the port and take ownership. This is how China is trying to buy the world piece by piece.
American always get worried when they see other countries develop and succeed, nothing new here. Soon they’ll tell their mainstream media to report Peru citizens will die in debt because of the new port whereas the USA is the greatest debtors but not to any other country, itself, yeah you heard that right they owe themselves. They print and borrow but forbids other countries from doing same
NBC doesn’t tell you that Peru has to pay China back the loan it took to build that port and when they don’t, China through its contractual language will be able to take over this port and use it as they see fit, including docking military warships. China is doing this to Countries in Africa as well, as part of its belt and rail initiative. China knows most of these countries will not be able to pay back the loans, thus China is defacto building these ports for themselves.
You mean to tell us loans have to be repaid. Really? Wow, what a revelation
America financed a right wing dictatorship riddled with corruption- that’s the difference
Based China using capitalism
We can use them too, at no expense to us either. US wins.
What happens when we fail to pay China back 😂😂😂😂😂😂
People getting racks and oil lik
America backyard? What backyard?. Hahaha. Are you the American reporter taking oxycodone before appear on air? As million of American people including journalists taking benzos or opioids or adderall just to boost their confidence level before they appear on air.
Study history. Those with power make the rules. So, yeah, it is America’s backyard.
@bruzoteOk. Then suffer the US getting destroyed by immigrants with this stupid mentality
How much is MRI? #MRIs 8
Mundurin not Mandarine, Marine. O o
China spends its money on developing relations- Americans spends it money on arming discord 🤷♂️🙈
usa: “horror… we didn’t even consider helping peru make a big port… and now the chinese made it… unfair… chinese aggression… menacing our supremely fair world supremacy… invade china ! ” 🙂 🙂
America’s main investment is war. Why invest in other countries infrastructure and help build up competition for world dominance?
So in other words China 🇨🇳 just purchased PERU 🇵🇪 in a nutshell. This is NOT GOOD.
Its much better to do business with China than the States. That’s the truth for everyone around the world
Cool that China is building a port at the expense of the Peruvians that will be principally used to trade with the US.
US is doing the right thing, I feel. 😉
nah fam I live in Peru, we use everything from China it makes more sense to be with China, made in america is a small part what of what people use and Peru is big enough to not let China bully it like in Africa, so I so I see this as a good thing.
Wait till we stop using American ports to move our stuff to Asia. Less revenue for the USA and great margins for Peru.
China just going to take over the port once they can’t pay them back
Port …… and future military base. That’s China’s only interest — the ports are a cover for military operations.
You are reflecting. That’s the American mind set.
want to check the number of US bases worldwide ?
Good on Peru, getting much needed investments and jobs.
😂😂😂😂😂 you can’t be serious!
Wait until you find put it was build by Chinese construction workers and is staffed by Chinese workers
@user-xg4ym5bh6z you can’t be serious 🙉
@Matthew Millernope! Do your research.
Why does america care? We build military bases everywhere
USA cares for the very same reason they build bases. The decision affects balances of power. Duh. Nobody is claiming the USA has a RIGHT to tell Peru what to do or stop the sale.
Remember bribing Biden says Chins is our friend !! No maybe his friends because they paid him 10’s of millions not the USA’s friend
Bad for peru
Great for Peru as a Peruvian I can say this. For too long Latin American countries have made deals with the devil, the US
Not really. Very good indeed.
You can’t trust China. All their moves are very dubious.
Just as a side info, in favour for the local municipality of Chancay,will obtain a tax of 2% of the CIF value from each import after the custom clearance. So pros are huges for the local people.
able to help pay for the damages the construction is doing toward the walls and foundations for the homeowners and small businesses within the area.
Actually, most of the population will get nothing. Corrupted politicians and bureaucrats will take everything.
China is the new world superpower. We lost the ball
It’s okay why can’t there be two super powers? Balance keeps both in check, don’t you think?
@juanregaladomiranda829 Because the US is not interested in Sharing world power.
Chuck Fina.
You allowed to say this story? I thought a media blackout on Chinese racism is in order while he is in america so you guys can beg for trading again after placing sanctions on them?
Chinese will build channel in Central America to render the Panama Canal absolete.
This is what happens when the left is 98% bought and owned and sleeping with China 🇨🇳.
It’s fairly easy to understand Peru, Columbia a lot of these south, and central American countries are socialist eventually within 10 years they will be communist just like China, the winners here are not the citizens of Peru. The winners are the politicians in the Chinese, and it wouldn’t matter if the US would win in there, because the same thing would’ve happened the losers here are the citizens of Peru in the southern and central American countries. These politicians are the central and South American countries are the ones that are going to come out with a boatload of payback and money. The people they’re the ones that are going to get the middle finger. Again the politicians are the winners here.
The company needs to pay the people for the damages
Peru about to lose their country huh….
we already lost it decades ago what you talking abt homie
Don’t go into massive debt Peru💀💀💀
There is no debt involved 😂😂😂😂😂
America creates war abroad. China builds infrastructure
Congrats to China and Peru.
China is doing for the world more than any country in the world you can continue build the wall that don’t do anything for the people
Boycott Costco! What terrible world conquering greed.
😂😂 Peru had a bigger Chinese population in Peru than Americans that think they own Peru like white supremacy of entitlement
sure, we can start comparing…
this type of projects is upsetting USA , in not long term we will see USA fail. its about time
America 🇺🇸 has been caught sleeping 😴
Writing is in Chinese, not Mandarin. Mandarin is a dialect. Writing can be in Simplified or Traditional Chinese.
Obviously, 3.6 billions dollars is a humungous amount of money but knowing we have individuals who have hundreds of billions of these dollars really show how much billionaires could affect the world if they choose.
Wow! Suddenly a bunch of Americans care about the well beings of Peruvians. I never knew they cared so much
❣
Lol
These things happens when the US President is incompetent.
Don’t you just love how western propaganda raises concerns when China opens a new port, yet U$ could open military bases (>900) all over the world, “take the oil from Syria”, “take the gold from Afghans” and no questions asked.
We are proud, we will do business with everybody.
Is not wise to depend on one nation like the USA
US media describe this as China working in th U.S.’s backyard
Really? Peru in our backyard? Geography must have been a tough subject for our writers.
It is per Monroe Doctrine.
I guess you learn something everyday. Thanks for that.@POTUS
los gringos malcriados si nosotros somos backyard , ellos son imperialistas y monopolistas o que???’
Long live China, long live the Chinese . Short live those haters.
Don’t fool yourself. That shipping lane will be able to accommodate China’s war ships.
That is how Americans think. The USA already has bases in South America.
Welcome to chinese investments! My country really needed it! 🇨🇳❤🇵🇪
Us busy with war isn’t it?
Than make investment like china did
Wow i’ve never expected you would care about Chancay port overnight and right now. I must say as a peruvian you noticed this piece of infrastructure too little too late since it’s already under construction and we’ve been noticing it since Vizcarra’s administration back in 2019 an I already was suspicious of the project, since China’s state owned COSCO would get a 60% share of the port while the local 24 news cycle and the government would brand it as a new opportunity investment.
Not only that but China’s reach goes beyond Chancay, from a bridge construction scandal involving Chinese construction companies back in Pedro Castillo’s tenure, Sinofarm vaccine scandal in 2020(Vacunagate case which involved the political and economical elites and the Chinese embassy), Chinese energy companies monopolizing the electricity grid here last year iirc, The opening of a subsidiary of the Bank of China in 2020, ownership of open pit mines here and there and China surpasing the US to become the 1st trading partner. I could go on but this comment is already large and i hope you get the point that i’m making… that you’re noticing it too late and it is hard to reverse course.
There are no Chinese loans involved. Don’t be ignorant. This is just two companies building a port. Volcán, the Peruvian company, looked for partners for years and only the Chinese answered the call.
SUS.
LOL the fact that the US thinks South America is it’s backyard says it all.
As a Peruvian American, we dropped the ball in Peru and investing in the country with so much potential, favoring Chile over Peru…and if we don’t act quickly our grasp of global strength in South America will crumble. Peru is a strategic country and China wants an ally when war hits. I’m sad as well for Peru because The infrastructure of the country could benefit immensely from American might and not crappy Chinese products. Peruvians can still be won over….lets not fail this great investment.
China will perpetually “own” Peruvian economy and profit off of modern economic slavery. If they take 90 and give 10. That’s not fair trade. Peru will perpetually owe China forever.
Ban all Chinese imports.
as peruvian i love that china is investing on us i hope russia can do the same , the world specially peru is better and safer if/when china and russia could protect us , we kind of bored and tired of beiing usa leftovers , mucho saludos a toda mi gente latino! hahah ok en serio ! que bueno q se este haciendo este projecto! ahora solo falta que invierta rusia tambien!😄
American back yard,lol
American media is the worst
This is the kind of hypocrisy putin speaks about just here the arrogance in the reporting as if its only US who have the right to be concerned in their so called backyard, even if a chinese nuclear armed submarine docks there i see no issues as US does the same to other people’s so called sphere of influence
Next time it would be funded by Aliens and US will not raise ant concerns 😂
Peru, go ahead and do what you have to improve your lives. DONT LOOK BACK.
Good luck Peru for many projects undertaken by china have flawed project study at the expense of host country for the benefit of china PLA army 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Look at the Chinese 50 cent warrior Wumaos flood the comments with CCP propaganda.