The [Panama government] needs concrete data to counter this China is controlling the canal narrative,’ insider says.

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On Christmas Day, Trump posted on social media that the "wonderful soldiers of China" were "lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal" - a claim which was swiftly denied by officials in Panama City and Beijing.

Panama’s government and President José Raúl Mulino have repeatedly denied that there is any Chinese presence at the canal.