'Protection' for predation a reminder to be Washington's friend can be fatal

: China Daily editorial - Opinion - Chinadaily.com.cn。During a recent visit， United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth baselessly declared that “China's control of critical infrastructure” around the canal “threatens” the “sovereignty” and “security” of Panama and the US — and vowed that the US would “take back” the canal from China. That statement was striking not just for its hostility， but for its ignorance and historical amnesia.