Spanish Defense Ministry Expresses Concern Over Chinese Car Factory Near Naval Base
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The new SAIC Motor factory is a serious matter, yes, but it has been posed these days from a perspective in my view wrong.
Concerns have been raised within the Spanish defense and intelligence service CNI regarding the arrival of a large factory by the Chinese car manufacturer SAIC. The factory will be located a few kilometers from a major naval base. El Mundo and El País reported earlier this week that there are warnings of espionage emanating from the factory. Despite these reports, the car factory appears to be going ahead as planned; ‘additional security measure…
Spain has just removed the last administrative obstacle that blocked the establishment of an MG plant near Ferrol. The Chinese group SAIC, the owner of the brand, had seen its project slowed down by the Spanish Ministry of Defence's reserves, hampered by the proximity of the site to a military naval base. Fears turned, without much surprise, around a possible industrial or military espionage, a subject that comes back regularly as soon as a Chin…
The future factory of SAIC Motor in the external port of Ferrol has placed the Galician town in the center of a concern that transcends the industrial field. The proximity of the Chinese plant to the Arsenal of the Navy and to the shipyard of Navantia has activated the warnings of Defense and the CNI regarding the potential risk that a civilian infrastructure can become a privileged point to gather information on some of the most sensitive milit…
China has asked Spain to guarantee fair conditions for Chinese companies as Madrid evaluates SAIC Motor's project to build an electric vehicle factory in Galicia. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun stated that Beijing is willing to deepen cooperation with Spain based on the principles of "respect and mutual benefit," following positive feedback from Spanish authorities on the initiative. "We hope that Spain will provide a fair, equita…
The Government of China has positively assessed the positions expressed by the Spanish central and local governments regarding the electric vehicle factory that the Chinese automotive group SAIC, owner of MG, intends to lift in Ferrol.
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