Tokyo pressed El Salvador to prevent Beijing influence over port

The Japanese government prevented a Chinese corporation from getting operating rights at a port in El Salvador to be built with a concessional loan from Tokyo, diplomatic sources said Monday.The government warned of withdrawing its plan to provide 11.2 billion yen ($102 million) in official development assistance after Washington took issue with the Chinese company's interest in the project and pressured the El Salvadoran government into suspending a tender, Japanese and U.S. diplomatic sources said.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cautioned El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele during the…READ FULL ARTICLE