Near the entrance to the Panama Canal, a monument to China’s contributions to the interoceanic waterway was torn down Saturday night by order of local authorities. The move comes as US President Donald Trump has made threats in recent months to retake control of the canal, claiming Beijing has too much influence in its operations. In a surprising move that leaders in Panama and China have criticised, the mayor’s office of the locality of Arraijan ordered the demolition of the monument built in 2