26.10.22_Editorial_

The discussion about the stake in a German port terminal held by the Chinese state-owned company Cosco intensifies almost by the hour. With the Ukraine war and its consequences, the affair becomes a new symbol of Germany’s disastrous dependence on authoritarian countries. Olaf Scholz, of all people, the „Zeitenwende“ chancellor, still wants to seal the deal despite massive criticism – if necessary also as a compromise with a smaller share and without veto rights for Cosco.