China exerting growing pressure on foreign companies, study finds

BERLIN: China is exerting increasing pressure on foreign companies doing business in its markets to bring them into line with its political agenda, broadening the"red lines" for issues to which it is allergic, a German study seen by Reuters shows.

"It was about recognising a pattern of when and how China exerts pressure," co-author Max Zenglein said. In one case, German carmaker Daimler apologised several times to China in 2018 after running advertising with a quote from the Dalai Lama.China has consistently denied allegations that the COVID-19 virus was leaked from a specialist laboratory in the city of Wuhan, where it was first identified at the end of 2019.

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