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Chinese investments in Greece are beginning to pay off, not only economically, but also by providing Beijing with a seemingly reliable ally in Brussels
By Jason Horowitiz & LIz Alderman @ NYTimes.com, Aug. 26.
ATHENS — After years of struggling under austerity imposed by its European partners and a chilly shoulder from the United States, Greece has embraced the advances of China, its most ardent and geopolitically ambitious suitor.
While Europe was busy squeezing Greece, the Chinese swooped in with bucket-loads of investments that have begun to pay off, not only economically but also by apparently giving China a political foothold in Greece, and by extension, in Europe.
Last summer, Greece helped stop the European Union from issuing a unified statement against Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. This June, Athens prevented the bloc from condemning China’s human rights record. Days later it opposed tougher screening of Chinese investments in Europe.
Greece’s diplomatic stance hardly went unnoticed by its European partners [....]
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There's much to examine in China's role in scuttling TPP and their flow of laundered money. Russia's been the most obvious, but many other stories lining up.
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 08/28/2017 - 1:50am