Pedro argued COSCO isn’t behaving like a typical market actor but is taking orders from the Chinese Communist Party. “Its growing presence in ports is not just an economic concern,” she said. “It’s a strategic vulnerability.”
The EU is starting to see it that way, too.
Well, the Chinese need to do something with the Dollars and Euros that are being thrown at them, for their cheap goods.
Steve
Creditors are showing up at the door step with guns. The Chinese will have offensive and defensive superiority in air, land and water.
EU will take a knee.
In times of war the ports will simply be nationalized, and the same workers will continue to work there. But I understand the fear, it’s so easy to stoke; we see it everywhere - in the election booth, and even here on the Fool boards almost daily.
You are the one who is predicting doomsday on this board daily