Mainland China has a documented plan to replace the United States as the world’s premier superpower before the hundredth anniversary of the Chinese Communist Revolution. This anniversary is only 27 years away, so U.S. military leaders are growing concerned about Chinese-owned ports in Latin America. If China militarizes these ports, it could cripple the U.S. economy by restricting its access to ocean shipping.
“When experts talk about China’s influence in Latin America, they mostly focus on their economic influence: the more than $153 billion in investments since 2005, and more than $140 billion in loans,” Joseph Humire of the Center for a Secure Free Society told Fox News on September 13. “While that is important, it’s more important to understand how China has leveraged that economic influence to gain military, intelligence and geopolitical advantage in Latin America and the Caribbean, turning the region toward…
