VOA Mandarin: China Reacts to Panama quitting BRI

FILE - A Panama Canal worker sweeps a red carpet after it rained moments before the arrival of China's President Xi Jinping and Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela, where they will post for an official photo at Cocoli Locks inside the Panama Canal in Panama City, Dec. 3, 2018.

Panama has decided to step away from a major global project led by China. The country’s president, José Raúl Mulino, announced that it will not renew its deal with China’s Belt and Road Initiative.