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• BigDiction@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  85% of the funding was provided by the European Union. It was one of Croatia’s main stipulations for joining the EU.

  A Chinese state owned company did win the contract to build the bridge.

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  • AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ahh ok sorry i remembered wrong then. Still kinda sus but not a huge red flag like getting the funding from them.

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    • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What the hell is “sus” about that?

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      • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        There are three main complaints that often arise from awarding construction contracts to ccp-owned companies.

        1. The companies tend to have incredibly poor safety and environmental safety standards, and there are lots of cases of them not following the local law.

        2. Quality concerns. While these companies often offer by far the cheapest deals, there is a decent quality tradeoff.

        3. Removing pretty much any economic benefit construction brings from the local population. (jobs, contracts, material orders).

        (and a bonus problem you’re literally sending money to a government who oppresses its own people, genocides its uyghur population, has wet dreams about invading its neighbours, and is an all-round authoritarian dictatorship).

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• bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So?

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  • AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You know its never good when the us or china sponsor infrastructure. They always want something back that is not money. Usually its intelligence but you never know. There are plenty of examples of african countries “getting helped” and it turns out it was so they could be spied on.

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