
Trade between China and Peru, a key U.S. ally in the regional drug war, is at a new high. Now the Chinese defense industry is getting in on the action.

Trade between China and Peru, a key U.S. ally in the regional drug war, is at an all-time high. Now the Chinese security apparatus is getting in on the action, as military officials from Beijing increasingly are undermining U.S. arms deals in order to sell their own weapons to the resource-rich Andean nation.