Sunday, February 20, 2011

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Spain, is a gateway of China in Europe?

Don José Blanco López, English Minister of Development, at the opening of more Chinese business park in Europe. In Fuenlabrada (Madrid) (17 February 2011)


More than simple curiosity, I think it is interesting to deepen the knowledge of a subject that is talking a lot but whose dimension is still little known, although its significance , today and into the future, no doubt. Having published in the press an article on what, in my view, is currently the Chinese model in the world, tracking the issue suggests that the strategy of projecting the People's Republic of China is expanding its field influence far beyond that, until now, was essentially confined to sub-Saharan Africa (mostly) and Latin America. The European Union is now, and increasingly in the spotlight of strategists from the major business centers of Shanghai and Hong Kong, duly wrapped up by the Beijing authorities, defend their interests economy globalized, knowing that nowhere will you find obstacles and hardships that prevent it.


no longer just about the lot of establishments gaudy and cheap goods that proliferate like mushrooms in our cities, permanently open and fierce competition with small retailers across the life that dismayed by the prices of what comes from China without stopping in the quality of what you buy. It is no longer just the perception of that community of citizens, discreet and unknown life, providing its stunning kitchen who those dishes like, and never been felt in public space, where they go completely unnoticed because neither frequent.


Now, however, their presence is big, and has not just begun, because nothing much coveted by European hosts and the role of saviors crisis that the Chinese economic power arrogated by offering to buy "sovereign," aware that the Europeans always end up paying, while they are grateful they have saved the disqualification of the markets and pose no qualms about its margin of action to expand. And that is precisely That is: to project their products and business implementation in the euro area powerful, to thereby using the strength of the European economy as collateral for the benefit of its strategy for global growth, under the extraordinary competitiveness allow the value of its currency and the structure of production costs.


Convert European market debt in the initial penetration mechanism, to thereby ensure a strong financial presence, the next step is to diversify their operations, taking advantage of the impressive exchange reserves available, the amount was raised, in late 2010 - to 2.65 billion dollars (NYT, 2011). No wonder, then, the words of spokesman cihino Foreign Ministry, Jiang Yu, when the Dec. 23 said: "We are prepared to help euro-zone countries to overcome financial crisis and helping to economic recovery. In the future, Europe will be one of our major markets to invest our foreign exchange reserves. " A few days later, on January 3, Li Keqiang published in the English press (" us work hand in hand" ) "The Chinese government is willing to participate in future sovereign debt issues in Spain", and made it a few hours before the official visit of Vice Premier of the PRC Mr Rodríguez Zapatero. The relief came immediately, recall, and since then the friendship with China is now unwavering.


A friendship, however, forged on mutual interests . If the question is to find a way to penetrate the European markets by preventing the breakdown of states with solvency problems, the links are more than warranted. It shows the power achieved by large business groups from the early operating in Spain with such force as international limited relevance in the recruitment of local labor. It merely states, as a significant sample, the case of Spain Huawei present in the country since 2001 and finally consolidated in 2004 when it strengthened its presence in the telecommunications technology market after launching its service center technique for all English-speaking and based in the Technological Park of Andalusia in Malaga. also worth noting the increased participation of the group Hutchison Whampoa in Terminal Catalunya (Tercat) responsible for the new container terminal at the pier of Puerto de Barcelona Prat, or installation on the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid's largest bank the world, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), which has started its activities on 24 January.


And why not refer, finally, to the ambitious operation Fuenlabrada in the metropolitan area of \u200b\u200bMadrid? Well, yes, on 17 February the Minister of Development of Spain, Mr. Blanco López, attended the inauguration the largest ever Chinese business in Europe, known by the name 'Plaza de Oriente'. In its first phase envisages the construction a polygon of 80 ships logistics and commercial uses, which will join in the second, several malls and a hotel to occupy a total area 40,000 square meters, with an investment of 63.9 million euros. The expressions used by Mr. White could not be more laudatory, "China said, it's not just the world's factory, but it is also and will be the world market. That is an opportunity for Spain and Spain have to be a opportunity for China. " At the moment, to my knowledge, nothing like this has been said by the governments of Germany, France or the UK. Question of time? Question of pride? Question of strength? We'll see.


No one spoke of the dissident who were barred from Oslo to receive Nobel Peace Prize. No one talked about human rights. Nobody talked about the problems of the world. Everything was a great toast in recognition of how much is expected of Chinese friend the communist country is going to save capitalism . The nation that has become the perfect oxymoron , as I have called on another occasion.


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