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Harmful air pollution. Factory pipes pollute lots of toxic substances

Law’s Juscelino Colares discussed China’s battery factory in Hungary

Why is China rushing to build a massive battery factory in Hungary?

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International Business Times: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law, said China is favoring Hungary both for strategic reasons—primarily its geographic location in Europe—and for political reasons, unofficially for the European nation’s backing in China’s dispute with Taiwan. “Free from democratic debate or political parties whose preferences must be reconciled, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders are very efficient at making investment decisions,” Colares said.