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Italy Joins China's New Silk Road Project

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132 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 23 Mar 19 13:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.33s | source
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3o4xkp ◴[23 Mar 19 14:54 UTC] No.19470680[source]▶
> 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?

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seppin ◴[23 Mar 19 16:18 UTC] No.19471041[source]▶
Besides Oil and Gas, which companies are state owned? Bonus points: which of those states are authoritarian?
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1. 3o4xkp ◴[23 Mar 19 17:36 UTC] No.19471397[source]▶
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.