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FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days agoThere are three main complaints that often arise from awarding construction contracts to ccp-owned companies.
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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.
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Quality concerns. While these companies often offer by far the cheapest deals, there is a decent quality tradeoff.
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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).
antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I mean all of that is true, but, speaking as someone from Croatia - we don’t follow safety standards and regulations here anyway even with native workers, the quality of the bridge would definitely not be any better had Croats built it, and I doubt there even is the adequate workforce and know-how within Croatia that would be needed for such a massive and complex job. I would unironically expect the deadlines to be breached by several years. We also aren’t a rich country by European standards, so the price was probably a crucial factor.
In case you’re worrying about general Chinese influence on Croatian politics, that’s not really a problem, our govt is strongly pro-EU (for better and for worse), as well as much of the population.