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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

First they decide to get all their gas exclusively from Russia, which, as it happens, turned out not to be such a great idea. Now they want to sell their biggest port to China.

It seems that Germans just never learn.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

We didn't agree. He is elected and we can't do anything about it. Trust me, most of us aren't happy about that decision. We try to get rid of him in the next election. Selling tax payed public stuff to our disadvantage sadly has tradition in Germany (telephone lines, railroad)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Railroad is still 100% Bund owned.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, but for profit. Since Die Bahn was changed into an AG it is also mismanaged. This really turned out great.

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