In 1999, the Advisory Board of the Panama Canal was established as a forum of first class leaders of the international community who would contribute with their opinions and experiences towards a better future for the Canal. The Advisory Board of the Panama Canal is integrated by distinguished representatives of the maritime and business world and meets whenever it is convened.
http://www.pancanal.com/eng/clients/index.html
China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company
{ Richard Halliburton swam the Panama Canal in 1928 paying only 36 cents for the transit.}
China Ocean Shipping Companies Group (COSCO)
http://www.pancanal.com/eng/clients/cosco.html
COSCO is considered the fifth largest shipping company in the world. It has been a Canal user since the 70s and currently stands as the eleventh Panama Canal user based in number of transits and tolls paid.
Cosco and Hutchison Whampoa go hand in hand re: control of Panama Canal:
http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm?include=detail&storyid=209227
http://www.conservativeusa.org/pansurrender.htm
China controls AQ, somehow. China supplied Nukes to PAKISTAN after all. I wonder if the Panama Canal is actually the southern boarder AQ talks about crossing. Panama Canal is quite a bit further North than the Tri-border Region of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay:
http://www.nti.org/e_research/e3_16a.html
Been away for a few days, need to catch up on the thread, thanks for all you do here.