EU industry chief issues China warning ahead of Scholz's Beijing visit

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The European Union's industry chief said on Monday that European governments and companies must realise China is a rival to the EU and they should not be naive whenever they approve Chinese investment.

European Commissioner Thierry Breton's comments appeared to be aimed in part at Germany, whose Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Beijing on Friday.

But many diplomats have been baffled by Germany's recent decision to approve the sale of a stake in Hamburg's port, the country's largest, to a Chinese company. He has faced criticism ahead of the trip for allowing Cosco to invest in Hamburg, despite strong pushback from his governing coalition partners amid concerns over Chinese influence over critical infrastructure.

"It's very important that the behaviour of member states towards China... change in a way that's more coordinated than individually-driven, as China obviously wants us to be," he said.

 

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murica lapdogs thinking their voice matters unless approved by their masters

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Ok another proxy of Great USA

so you prefer them stay in eu and fail ?

'European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton speaks', no one should care about this unelected bureaucrat. He never won an election in his entire life, who is he representing exactly?

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What is it with Germany and their love affairs with repressive autocracies?

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