Are China’s ports and shipping companies being used to spy on the world?

The growing reach of China across the global port industry is a decades-long trend that few in the industry could not be aware of. On occasions it has been blunted by broadsides as China’s rivals – largely the US – have criticised its port operators and shipping lines for collecting strategic information on behalf of the Chinese government. Many in the industry have traditionally viewed such claims with a great deal of scepticism, but this article from Foreign Policy details ...