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The United States will not allow China to jeopardize the operations of the Panama Canal, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned during a visit to the Central American nation on Tuesday.

China and Panama deny there is any interference in running the critical waterway, whose neutrality experts say has been vital to its success.

China has declared its desire to become a “near-Arctic” power — and this could include making moves into Greenland. No wonder Donald Trump, Jr. recently went for a visit.

In 2017, China scored a major victory when Panama cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the self-governing island that China claims as its territory, and recognized Beijing instead.

“Above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back,” Trump claimed in his inaugural speech last month.