*Chinese companies have investments in 31 port terminals in Europe *The Chinese are majority shareholders in the ports of Piraeus and Zeebrugge, they have almost 25% of the port of Hamburg and minority stakes in ports such as Rotterdam, Antwerp, Las Palmas, Valencia, Bilbao, Stockholm, Barcelona, Gdynia, Le Havre or Thessaloniki *European experts claim that these holdings of Chinese companies pose great risks to the national security of European states, especially since according to a 2017 law the Chinese government can intervene in their operations and tell them what to do
