A pro-Beijing newspaper, Ta Kung Pao, has urged billionaire Li Ka-shing’s company, CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd., to abandon its agreement to sell a group of ports on the Panama Canal to BlackRock Inc. The paper claims that this transaction would harm China’s national security and development interests, contravening Hong Kong laws on safeguarding these interests. This move marks an escalation in pressure on Li Ka-shing over the deal, as it is directly tied to his company’s involvement.
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-21/pro-beijing-paper-urges-li-ka-shing-to-scrap-panama-port-sale