US’ incoming top diplomat says concerns over China’s role at Panama Canal ‘very legitimate’

INCOMING FOREIGN AFFAIRS chief of the United States Marco Rubio has said that China's alleged involvement at the Panama Canal is a "very legitimate" security issue that he will seek to review in his new role. Rubio, a incumbent Senator for the state of Florida, appeared before members of the lower parlour of the US government, the House of Representatives, in Washington DC today ahead of his appointment as Secretary of State. US President-elect Donald Trump, who will be sworn into office on 20 January, threatened last month to seize back control of the US-built Panama Canal over concerns relating…