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 ...
A must-read for anyone interested in China’s growth prospects, written by Michael Pettis, one of The Loadstar’s favourite analysts on China – not least because his vast experience of the country, its systems, culture, people, governance and economy give him a massive headstart over others. Warning: it’s very long; but it’s hardly a subject that can be covered in a few paragraphs.
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