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Scholz comes out for Beijing

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Jörg Luyken
Oct 21, 2022
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Olaf Scholz is on a roll.

After using his Chancellor’s veto to force his coalition into agreeing to a nuclear extension, he’s now planning to drive through the Chinese acquisition of a stake in a container terminal at Hamburg harbour - despite near universal opposition to the deal inside his government.

The Chancell…

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