China says US has 'no right to interfere' in Hamburg port deal

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG

03/11/2022 07:55

BEIJING, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The U.S has "no right to
interfere" in Chinese cooperation with Germany, the foreign
ministry said Thursday, after Washington "strongly suggested"
that Beijing would not get a controlling stake in a contested
deal regarding Hamburg's port terminal. 
    The U.S. interference is symptomatic of its practice of
coercive diplomacy, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao
Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing in Beijing.
 (Reporting by Eduardo Baptista, Writing by Martin Quin Pollard)
 ((martin.pollard@thomsonreuters.com;))