China Takes Strategic Assets in the EU via Opaque Societies in the Virgin Islands and Luxembourg

Le Monde

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Beijing took advantage of Luxembourg to invest massively tens of billions of euros. By acquiring technological florets or strategic real estate, it has woven a web that shakes the sovereignty of the Old Continent.

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In the heart of Brussels, just a few blocks from the European quarter, a modern office building of almost 100 metres high — Covent Garden Building — is housed in numerous European Commission services. Another huge and avant-garde glass building, a 10-minute walk away, serves as the operational headquarters of the Belgian Federal Police. None of the buildings give any clue to roaders or workers who belong in part — in both cases 50% — to companie…