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A protester allegedly assaulted during the visit of Chinese Premier Li to Auckland in 2024 may have seemed a cut and dried case, given the whole event was captured on video. But on the very same day it featured in a global report on tactics deployed by China to silence protesters abroad, police told the victim they were closing the case. Were police hamstrung by a gap in the law? Or did they not consider the possibility of foreign interference? Paula Penfold reports.

Kicked and on film and no prosecution by cops.

 

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Chinese Cranes in American Ports​

Most of the cranes moving containers at U.S. ports are Chinese made. In fact, over 80% of them come from a single company: ZPMC, a Chinese state-owned manufacturer based in Shanghai.

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) became the global crane leader by undercutting rivals on price and delivery speed.

• Today, it controls nearly 70% of the global container crane market
• ZPMC cranes operate in over 300 ports worldwide, including major U.S. terminals
• ZPMC cranes typically cost 40% less than Western competitors, enabled by state financing, cheap labor, and domestic steel subsidies.

U.S. intelligence agencies have grown increasingly concerned that ZPMC cranes could be used for surveillance or disruption of port operations.

• In 2021, the FBI raided a ship delivering ZPMC cranes to the Port of Baltimore, finding embedded communications equipment.
• A 2023 Congressional report revealed that ZPMC shipped cranes with unauthorized cellular modems, creating potential remote-access vulnerabilities.
• U.S. officials say Chinese national security laws require ZPMC to share source code with Beijing — enabling state access.

The USTR recently proposed 100% tariffs on Chinese-made ship-to-shore cranes — a move clearly meant to price ZPMC out of the market.

And earlier this month in June 2025, the US House of Rep. passed the Maritime Supply Chain Security Act, which lets ports use federal grants to replace Chinese cranes with equipment made in the U.S. or by trusted allies.

ZPMC has denied all allegations, calling the claims misleading and asserting that its cranes pose no cybersecurity threat. The company warned that U.S. tariffs could lead to port slowdowns and severe supply chain disruptions.

Other countries are taking a harder look at ZPMC too. A 2023 European Parliament study flagged its cranes as a security risk tied to China-linked infrastructure. India acted earlier — after the 2020 border clash with China, it tightened procurement rules to block bids from Chinese firms like ZPMC.

If you are interested in this topic, here's a detailed deep-dive - https://crossdockinsights.com/p/chinese-cranes-in-american-ports-zpmc

 

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EU schließt chinesische Firmen von großen Ausschreibungen für Medizinprodukte aus

Die EU-Kommission schließt künftig chinesische Unternehmen von öffentlichen Aufträgen für medizinische Geräte im Wert von mehr als fünf Millionen Euro aus."Unser Ziel ist es, mit diesen Maßnahmen gleiche Wettbewerbsbedingungen für EU-Unternehmen zu schaffen.

de.finance.yahoo.com

Chinese companys get exempted from public tenders regarding health care equipment in the EU.

Due to unfair practices on mainland China.

But to be honest I don't want to have Chinese X ray machines here anyway.

 

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They are either your's or have minor cosmetic changes.