Italy Joins China's New Silk Road Project

> The European Union is also worried about unfair competition from Chinese companies, which are controlled by the Chinese government and benefit from the state’s financial backing.

So... like many European companies and even entire sectors?

Besides Oil and Gas, which companies are state owned? Bonus points: which of those states are authoritarian?

I didn't say state-owned, I said they had economical backing from the state. Many of them. Just look at the bottom of many European websites and you'll see the logo of the EU.

Whether the states are authoritarian or not is irrelevant to me and to the question.