Olaf Scholz backs China, ignores government warnings in Hamburg port deal, report says
www.politico.eu
Despite calls to scrap planned Chinese investment in Hamburg, the city’s ex-mayor wants it to go ahead.

An investigation by German regional public broadcasters reported Wednesday that Scholz’s chancellery is pushing to approve efforts by Chinese state-owned shipping giant Cosco to buy a foothold in a container port in Hamburg, ignoring warnings from six federal ministries, including the Greens’ Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, amid fears of risky economic over-dependence on Beijing.

    • KptnAutismusEnglish
      10•9 months ago

      but when has privatizing public infrastructure ever gone well, especially under foreign leadership?

        • KptnAutismusEnglish
          2•9 months ago

          yeah, didn’t really think about the definition of “public” at time of commenting. still, selling off any piece of infrastructure to china is just plain dumb.